Ship Details

C.P. Yorke

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Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 176898 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1945 Glenholme (C.N.A.V.) Name 6
Name 2 1945 Scanlon Name 7
Name 3 1948 C.P. Yorke Name 8
Name 4 1973 Trojan (I) Name 9
Name 5 1999c Glenholme Name 10
 
Year Built 1945 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Moscrop, Arthur Measurement (imp) 75.0' x 18.6' x 8.7'
Builder McKenzie Barge & Derrick Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 22.86m x 5.67m x 2.65m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 97.46 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 23.94 Type 2
Engine 400hp engine (1945) Engine Manufacture Enterprise Engine & Foundry Co., San Francisco CA
Repower In 1953 she was repowered by Enterprise DMG8 diesel, 600hp Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VXZB
Pendant  # Masters Captain Roy Johnson (1953)
 
Owner(s)
In 1945 she was owned by Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was owned by McKenzie Barge & Derrick Co., Dollarton BC Canada. In 1946 she was owned by Kingcome Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1948-1949 she was owned by F.M. Yorke and Sons Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1953-1961 she was owned by Car Barge Towing, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962-1972 she was owned by F.M. Yorke and Sons Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973 she was owned by Thorvald Larsen Vancouver BC Canada. In 1974-1995 she was owned by Covey Enterprises, Duncan BC Canada. In 1996-1999 she was owned by Donald Lee Scagel, Gibsons BC Canada. In 1999-2020 she was owned by Kasper Diving & Marine Services Ltd., Burnaby BC Canada. In 2022-2024 she was owned by Phaiboom Prodbamrung, Richmond BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name C.P. Yorke was Constance Pittendrigh, the wife of the founder of the Yorke towing firm.
 
Anecdotes
In 1953, as the C.P. Yorke, this vessel was operating in car barge towing. On December 11, 1953 this tug, under the command of Captain Roy Johnson, struck Tattenham Ledge at Thormanby Island during a driving blizzard. The barge this vessel was towing collided with her and knocked a hole in her hull causing her to sink in 40 fathoms of water. This vessel was salvaged by Recovery Arrow Giant. This vessel was towed in submerged condition into Buccaneer Bay and pumped out. Her crew of six were lost and only Captain Roy Johnson survived. (In 1990 this vessel was designated as a British Columbia Vintage Vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.) Chris Nilsson (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 22/12/2017) states that "Glenhome is at Tom Mac Shipyard. Has been since this vessel was dropped at Shelter Island and her stern knee was fractured and a bunch of planks sprung. Jake Kasper salvaged her and as far as I recall she’s still there." Sydney MacPherson (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 24/06/2019) stated " that is my dad's old Trojan. I thought it sunk at Maple Bay? Boy, it looks terrible, but you know it looked pretty bad when dad had it. But that was 1973-1974. He had to put a lot in it for my mom to go out on it. We had some good trips." David Yorke (Email to Nauticapedia 21/06/2024 states "The anecdote section has six crew lost. That was indeed the original reporting, but miraculously, the chief engineer, William MacDonald, was found and rescued a day later. The five crew who perished were: Fred Crutchley, mate; Sid Curzon, cook; Dick Moore and Thorsten Svenson, d/h; Reino Kivi, 2nd Engineer. The sinking was captured in a song, “The Wreck of the C.P. Yorke” by Stan Triggs, and published in PhilipThomas, “Songs of the Pacific Northwest” (Hancock 1979 and 2007)."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Keller, Betty C. and Rosella M. Leslie (1996); RG12 Reel T-11599 (Trojan); DOT Vessel Registration Query System; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11866/1797?r=0&s=5 ; The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Friday December 11, 1953 page 1; Email (David Yorke - Nauticapedia 21/06/2024);
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