Ship Details

Prestige II (I)

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Photo Credit: John Henderson

 
 
Registry #1 150873 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1923 Robert Preston Name 6
Name 2 1949 Johnstone Straits (I) Name 7
Name 3 1954 Prestige II (I) Name 8
Name 4 1955 Prestige (I) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1923 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Samuel Dawe Sr. Measurement (imp) 99.8' x 24' x 14.1'
Builder Westminster Marine Railway Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 236 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 51nhp 3-cylinder Triple expansion steam engine surface condensing Engine Manufacture McKie & Baxter, Glasgow Scotland UK
Repower 500hp engine (1961c); In 1972 re-engined with two Cummins diesel engines. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VGLJ
Pendant  # V0188A Masters Captain W.A. Ballagh (1927); Captain Ellice Cavin (1942); Captain Steve Fairhurst; Captain Martin Higgs (1970);
 
Owner(s)
In 1923-1940 she was owned by Preston - Mann Towing Co. Ltd., New Westminster BC (G.F. Mann, Manager). In 1942-1954 she was owned by Straits Towing Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942 she was chartered to the United States Army Transportation Corps for service in the Aleutian Islands. She was laid up at Coal Harbour BC Canada. In 1949-1959 she was owned by Straits Towing & Salvage Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. She was used in towing barges from Squamish to Puget Sound for Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. In 1959-1971 she was owned by Dola Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. She served in railway barge service for the Canadian Pacific Railway to Vancouver Island. In 1970 she was owned by Martin Higgs and Ken Turner, Gibsons BC Canada. In 1971-1972 she was owned by John Hauff, Bainbridge Island WA USA. In 1983 she was laid up in Bellingham WA. She was owned by Hosea Phillips of Ferndale WA and towed to Blaine WA.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1971-12-15
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1983 this vessel was derelict at Bellingham WA. In 1988 this vessel sank at anchor in Drayton Harbour WA USA.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11930/1030?r=0&s=4 ;
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