Ship Details
Point Hope (I) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	130310 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1910	Prospective	Name 6
Name 2	1918	Point Hope (I)	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1910	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	62.7' x 17.3' x 8.2'
Builder	Moscrop, Arthur	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	58.99	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	9.24	Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	16.8hp compound steam engine (1910)	Engine Manufacture	John Doty Engine Works, Toronto ON
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VCRK
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1910 she was owned by Progressive Steamboat Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1911 she was owned by Alfred Bissett, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1912-1920 she was owned by The Minister of Public Works, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1920 she was owned by Blue Band Navigation Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1923 she was owned by Northern Tug & Barge Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1928-1929 she was owned by Service Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1930-1931 she was owned by Hillside Sand & Gravel Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1932 she was owned by M.R. Cliff Tugboat Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1955-1958 she was owned by Marpole Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1959-1963 she was owned by Evans, Coleman & Evans Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1963 she was owned by Don Chilcott, Newport Beach CA for conversion to a yacht. In 1963 she was owned by West Coast Salvage and Contracting Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1964-1971 she was owned by Sheep Island Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1971 she was owned by Leslie A. Withey (MO), Gabriola Island (MO), and Withey's Shipyard Ltd., Gabriola Island BC Canada. In 1971-1972 she was owned by James S. McDuff, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1979 she was owned by Robert Jordan (MO), Vancouver BC and McDuff Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1979-03-14

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On March 7, 1979 this vessel was destroyed by fire east of Sheringham Point BC in an engine room fire.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11867/1310?r=0&s=5 ;
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