Ship Details

Lordel

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Photo Credit: Christopher James Cole

 
 
Registry #1 177759 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1946 Lordel Name 6
Name 2 1965 Squamish Pilot Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1946 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 30.0' x 11.0' x 3.9'
Builder Harbour Boatyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 9.14m x 3.35m x 1.19m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 8 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 5.55 Type 2
Engine 100bhp engine (1946) Engine Manufacture Cummins Engine Co., Columbus IL USA
Repower Repowered with a 165bhp GM diesel engine (2012c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CYCF
Pendant  # Masters Captain James Boyd (1964);
 
Owner(s)
In 1946-1952 she was owned by Mrs. Ethel Snider, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1953-1958 she was owned by C & S Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1960-1965 she was owned by Sydney Salvage & Contractors Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1965 she was owned by Squamish Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Squamish BC Canada. In 1965-1974 she was owned by Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975-1977 she was owned by Penfold Marine Ltd., Gibsons BC Canada. In 1978-1986 she was owned by Arne F. Liseth (MO), Heriot Bay BC Canada. In 1987-1994 she was owned by Skookum Ventures Ltd., Heriot Bay BC Canada. In 1995-2024 she was owned by Claude Ruell, Heriot Bay BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On December 20, 1964 the tug Lordel under Captain James Boyd burned and exploded in Vancouver Harbour under the Second Narrows Bridge. Boyd and crewman Rene Beulieu escaped by paddling their life raft with their hands and feet to escape the burning wreck before it exploded. They were passing under the bridge at 5:00 pm when they saw smoke coming from the cabin. They had just taken on fuel previously and the fire was so intense that even the liferaft was burning. The fire was extinguished by the Vancouver Fireboat. This vessel was declared a total loss.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday December 21, 1964 page 1;
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