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Tugaway (I)

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Registry #1 157220 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1931 Tugaway (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1931 Place Eburne Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 24.9' x 9' x 3.9'
Builder Baba, Takajiro Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 3
Gross Tonnage 4.99 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 3.39 Type 2
Engine 30bhp gasoline engine (1931) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1931-1932 she was owned by Amos Backman, Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1931-03-11
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On March 11, 1931 this vessel exploded between Marpole Bridge and the railroad bridge in front of gravel dock on the North Arm of the Fraser River.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 14 (1931); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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