Ship Details
Westminster Shaman Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	345930 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1973	Westminster Shaman	Name 6
Name 2	1999c	Tiger Shaman	Name 7
Name 3	2012c	Seaspan Shaman	Name 8
Name 4	2017c	Arrow Shaman	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1973	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Art Noble	Measurement (imp)	40' x ? x ?
Builder	John Manly Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	12.25m x 5.79m x 1.59m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	31.31	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	21.29	Type 2
Engine	104bhp diesel engine (1973)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with 2 - 500bhp Detroit diesel engine (1986);	Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1973-1983 she was owned by Westminster Tug Boats Ltd. New Westminster BC Canada. In 1984-1991 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 1994-1997 she was owned by Rivtow Marine Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1999-2001 she was owned by Tiger Tugz Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2003 she was owned by Smit Harbour Towage Vancouver Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2012-2016 she was owned by Seaspan ULC, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 2017-2024 she was owned by Arrow Transportation Systems Inc., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports that "On the evening of 20 December 2003, the pleasure craft Mistral, with the owner/operator and 12 adult guests on board, was part of an annual event with two other vessels to celebrate the holiday season on the Fraser River near Mission. Shortly after separating from the other vessels, the Mistral collided with the deck barge Packmore 4000 under tow by the tug Tiger Shaman. The Mistral was destroyed upon impact and its occupants were thrown into the water. The crew of the tug recovered 12 survivors. One person drowned." "The Tiger Shaman is steel-built tug based at Mission, B.C. It does not have berthed accommodation and is used as a shift vessel, under the conduct of a certificated master with the assistance of a deckhand during towing operations on the Fraser River. The wheelhouse is fitted with windows on all four sides, and the main control consol is centred at the forward windows. Navigation instruments include a magnetic compass, echo sounder, two VHF radios, and radar. A secondary control station is located on the wheelhouse top. The towing winch is situated on the main deck aft of the wheelhouse between two vertical, engine-exhaust trunks"

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/marine/2003/m03w0265/m03w0265.asp
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