Ship Details

Island Rover (I)

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Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 130294 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1909 Hopkins Name 6
Name 2 1926 Island Rover (I) Name 7
Name 3 1965 Rover No. 1 Name 8
Name 4 1995 Loachraidh Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1909 Place Hopkins Landing Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Moscrop, Arthur Measurement (imp) 61.6' x 17.6' x 8.0'
Builder Hopkins, G.H. Measurement (metric) 18.8m x 5.4m x 2.4m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 61.1 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 26.42 Type 2
Engine 14nhp engine (1909) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 120hp F-M diesel engine (1936); Repowered with a 240hp F-M diesel engine (1941); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VGRY
Pendant  # Masters Captain Gordon S. Hopkins (1909); Captain Ellice Cavin;
 
Owner(s)
In 1909-1919 she was owned by Capt. Gordon S. Hopkins, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1920-1922 she was owned by Catherine Higman, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1925 she was owned by William E. Gardner, Victoria BC Canada. In 1926-1964 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1965-1977 she was owned by Arne Bentzen, Duncan BC Canada. In 1978-1994 she was owned by Rover Holdings Ltd., Cobble Hill BC Canada. In 1995-2005 she was owned by Tim & Rhonda Mitchell, Cowichan Bay BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2005-09-01
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Leonard Trump reports that "I was first mate on the Rover (from1966 to 1971) under the ownership of Arne Bentzen from Maple Bay Marina and later for a few years at Gabriolla Island Marina. From home base at Maple Bay Marina, we did many marine rescue operations and towed a fleet of 6 meter sail boats to a regatta in Port Townsend in 1967. Arne sold the Rover to a chap in Ladysmith probably named Rover Holdings.The Rover sank due to neglect in Ladysmith some time later and was hauled to Nanaimo shipyards and dismantled." Mike Wright reports (24/12/2015 British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group) that "this vessel sank...finally..in Genoa Bay. I attended the scene at the request of Victoria RCC. A fellow bought her from the guy in Ladysmith, (who incidentally let her rot away...and ran her aground twice in the same day....off Round Island). This vessel was raised in Genoa Bay...towed to Nanaimo by Saltair Marine...and torn up. I believe that her wheelhouse survives...somewhere.... This vessel was a mighty good looking tug when Island Tug had her in the 1960s."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Leonard Trump - Nauticapedia 16/04/2015);
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