Ship Details

Westminster Hyack

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Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 348551 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1975 Westminster Hyack Name 6
Name 2 2010c Smit Hyack Name 7
Name 3 2020 Saam Hyack Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1975 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 47' x ? x ?
Builder John Manly Ltd. Measurement (metric) 14.17m x 6.71m x 2.68m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 62.09 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 42.09 Type 2
Engine 1200hp diesel engine (1975) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with 2-920bhp diesel engines (2004c) Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1975-1984 she was owned by Westminster Tug Boats Ltd., New Westminster BC Canada. In 1985-1991 she was owned by R.V.C. Holdings Ltd., New Westminster BC Canada. In 1992-1993 she was owned by Rivtow Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1994-1995 she was owned by Rivtow Marine Enterprises Ltd., New Vancouver BC Canada. In 1997-1999 she was owned by Rivtow MarineLtd., New Vancouver BC Canada. In 2001-2003 she was owned by Westminster Tugboats Inc., New Westminster BC Canada. In 2009-2014 she was owned by SMIT Harbour Towage Westminster Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2015-2019 she was owned by Saam Smit Westminster Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2020-2021 she was owned by Saam Towage Canada Inc., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2021 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On December 26, 1975 high winds tore the Swiftsure Prince from her moorings in the Fraser River and swept her upstream on a flood tide where this vesselhit the New Westminster railway bridge. This vessel knocked a 380 foot span off its foundation. This vessel was secured at Fraser Mills by Captain Russel V. Cooper, General Manager of Westminster Tug Boats Ltd., in the Westminster Hyack.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1976 (Ed. Gordon Newell) 1977;
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