Ship Details
Wedge Island Photo Credit: Simon Hill

 

Registry #1	814212 (Canada)	Registry #2	YTM.555 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1990	Wedge Island	Name 6
Name 2	1991	Island Defender (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1997	Tillicum (C.F.A.V.)	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1990	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	A.G. McIllwaine	Measurement (imp)	47.5' x 21.0' x 11.3'
Builder	Rivtow Industries Ltd. (West Coast Manly Shipyard)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	Diesel engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	YTM.555	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1991-1997 she was owned by Westcoast Tug & Barge Co., Campbell River BC Canada. She was acquired for service with the Canadian Navy as a tug 1997 to the present (2019).

 

Fate	Afloat in 2020	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Her civil registry closed 1997-03-19.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Freeman, David J. (2000)
Last update

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