Ship Details

Jose Narvaez

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Photo Credit: Roy Stewart

 
 
Registry #1 331836 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# 7003441 MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1969 Jose Narvaez Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1969 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 81' x ? x ?
Builder Benson Brothers Shipbuilding Co. (1960) Ltd. Measurement (metric) 24.63m x 7.35m x 3.54m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 149.63 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 5.76 Type 2
Engine 1450bhp diesel engine (1969) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1969-1982 she was owned by Industrial Acceptance Corp., Montreal QC Canada. In 1983-1984 she was owned by Continental Bank of Canada, Toronto ON Canada. In 1985-1986 she was owned by Canfarge Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1987-1988 she was owned by Canada Cement Lafarge Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1989-2009 she was owned by Lafarge Canada Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2012-2023 she was owned Lafarge Canada Inc., Coquitlam BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2023 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
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Anecdotes
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports that "On 07/08/1999 The tug Jose Narvaez was outbound from Vancouver harbour, at night, towing the coal-laden barge Texada B.C. on a 274 m cable towline. The operator of the pleasure craft Sunboy did not realize that they were approaching a tug/tow combination and passed between the tug and the barge. The propellers of the Sunboy became fouled in the towline, and the pleasure craft was struck by the on-coming barge, and capsized. As a result, some people were thrown into the water and others were trapped within the vessel's enclosed spaces. Of the 14 people who had been on board the Sunboy, nine were rescued and survived, four drowned and one remains missing and is presumed drowned. " "The Jose Narvaez is a single screw, steel-hulled tug. The weather deck is fitted with an enclosed deck-house forward of a main working deck. Atop the deckhouse is the boat deck with an enclosed wheelhouse with centreline helm, and windows providing an unrestricted view ahead but a restricted view astern. At the exterior, after end of the boat deck is a second set of clutch controls, an emergency towing winch release and a 150,000 candela searchlight. The vessel's service speed is approximately 7.5 knots. The vessel is equipped with 790 m of 45 mm diameter steel wire towline on a single drum towing winch. The winch has one local and two remote emergency release stations."
 
References
McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); Canada List of Shipping
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