Ship Details

Damar II

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Photo Credit: Christopher James Cole

 
 
Registry #1 170434 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1937 Hyak (III) Name 6
Name 2 1944 Sorg Name 7
Name 3 1970 Damar II Name 8
Name 4 1975 Maranatha II (I) Name 9
Name 5 1984c Why-Ack Brave Name 10
 
Year Built 1937 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 44.9' x 15.0' x 7.6'
Builder Benson, Albert C. Measurement (metric) 13.69m x 4.57m x 2.32m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 34.73 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 11.65 Type 2
Engine 7nhp engine (1937) Engine Manufacture Gardner Engine Co., Manchester UK
Repower Repowered with a 120bhp engine (1941); Repowered with a 275bhp engine by Caterpillar Tractor Co. (1953); Repowered with a 375bhp diesel engine (2004c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Jack Ryall (1941);
 
Owner(s)
In 1937 she was owned by Coastal Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. (In 1937 her register was closed and she operated as licenced vessel.) In 1941 she was chartered to the United States Army. In 1944-1945 she was owned by Sorg Pulp Co. Ltd., Port Mellon BC Canada. In 1949-1956 she was owned by Hillside Sand & Gravel Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1956-1959 she was owned by Gilley Bros. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1959-1969 she was owned by Evans Coleman Evans Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1969-1972 she was owned by Damar Towing Services Ltd., New Westminster BC Canada. In 1972-1975 she was owned by Orca Towing Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1975 she was owned by B & J Towing Ltd., Delta BC Canada. In 1976-1982 she was owned by Lamina Management Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1982-1986 she was owned by Martin C. Carroll. In 1987 she was owned by W. Bell Contracting Ltd., Merville BC Canada. In 1988-2014 she was owned by General Towing Ltd., Campbell River BC Canada. In 2015-2024 she was owned by Wenstob Timber Resources Ltd., Victoria BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Maranatha (Aramaic: מרנאתא‎) is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 16:22) translated as: "Our Lord has come”.
 
Anecdotes
In 2017 this vessel was on the hard at at Parkisle Marine in Sooke BC.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11932/329?r=0&s=6 ;
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