Ship Details

M.C.M.

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Photo Credit: Unknown

 
 
Registry #1 134119 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1914 M.C.M. Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1914 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 69.3' x 17.3' x 6.9'
Builder Westminster Marine Railway Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 68 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 18 Type 2 Fishboat, general
Engine 16nhp triple expansion steam engine (1914) Engine Manufacture McKie & Baxter, Glasgow Scotland UK
Repower In 1913 she was re-engined with an 80bhp engine by General Motors Corp. In 1958 she was re-engined with an 165bhp diesel engine. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1946 she was converted to a fishing vessel. Call Sign
Pendant  # VE015A Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1914-1936 she was owned by Joseph Meyers, New Westminster BC Canada. In 1938 she was owned by John H. Kirby and Mathias Mathieson, both of Victoria BC Canada. In 1936 she was sold to Captain George A. MacFarlane and John H. Kirby of Victoria BC Canada (as Joint Owners). In 1937 she was owned by John Kirby & Edward Eastwood, Victoria BC Canada. In 1938 she was owned by J.H. Kirby and Mathias Mathieson (as Joint Owners) Victoria BC Canada. In 1939-1945 she was owned by J.H. Kirby and Austin Kirby, Jordan River BC Canada. In 1946-1966 she was sold to John Egeland Jr., Sidney BC Canada as a fishing vessel. In 1967-1972 she was sold to Jack Eglund, Sidney BC Canada. On October 1, 1972 her register was closed.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1972-10-01
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Ron B. Smith reports that "I was told by Capt Cecil Hunter who I worked with on the tug M.R. Cliff that they were the initials of Capt. Meyers daughter " Marilyn Christine Meyers "
 
Anecdotes
On October 06, 1972 this vessel had an engine room fire and burned 30 miles west of Newport Oregon USA in the North Pacific.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11931/325?r=0&s=6 ;
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