Ship Details

905

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Photo Credit: John Henderson

 
 
Registry #1 188698 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1956 Sir James Douglas (C.C.G.S.) (III) Name 6
Name 2 1993 905 Name 7
Name 3 (nk) Sir James Douglas (III) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1956 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 150' x 30' x 10.3'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 564 Type 1 Buoy & Light Tender
Registered Tonnage 173 Type 2 Barge
Engine 1140bhp diesel engine (1956) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Her engines were disabled so that she would become a non-powered camp barge. Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds In 1965 she was overhauled by McKay-Cormack Ltd., Victoria BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Ed Lien;
 
Owner(s)
In 1956-1993 she was owned by Minister of Transport, Ottawa ON for the Canadian Coast Guard as a buoy tender. In 1996 she was owned by Wahkash Logging Co., Beaver Cove BC Canada. (Canadian Register closed 1996-07-22). In 2024 this vessel is still afloat, presumanly owned by Wahkash Logging Co., Beaver Cove BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named for Sir James Douglas, first governor of the Crown Colony of British Columbia.
 
Anecdotes
In 1993 this vessel was laid up at Victoria BC. In 1996 this vessel was struck from the register. Robert Critchley (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 01/08/2017) stated that "Matt Roberts of Wahkash Logging Co. bought her for a camp berthed near Beaver Cove BC. " Her Canadian Registry was closed on 1996-07-22.
 
References
Jane's Fighting Ships; Maginley, C.D. & B. Collin (2001); Canada List of Shipping
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