Ship Details
Pullaway (I) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	171781 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1939	Pullaway (I)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1939	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nK)	Measurement (imp)	31.0' x 10.2' x 3.8'
Builder	Vancouver Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	9.09	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	6.18	Type 2
Engine	75bhp diesel engine (1939)	Engine Manufacture	Cooper-Bessemer Corp., Barber NJ
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VYLP
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Ray Young (1968);

 

Owner(s)

In 1939-1942 she was owned by Wyndham R. Madden, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942-1945 she was owned by Amos Beckman, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1945-1946 she was owned by Charles V. Towers (MO) and Herbert V. Towers, both of Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946-1949 she was owned by Tugaway Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1962 she was owned by Towers Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962 she was owned by Pioneer Towing (1960) Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1963-1965 she was owned by Hugh A. Leigh, Campbell River BC Canada. In 1965-1966 she was owned by Lehigh Marine Services Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1966-1968 she was owned by White Towing Co. Ltd., Powell River BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1968-03-04

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On February 7, 1968 this vessel was destroyed by fire at Long Bay, Howe Sound BC and was a total loss. The crew were asleep in their bunks when they awoke to find their bunk on fire, apparently caused by the galley stove. Her crew of two (Captain Ray Young and Alvin Schochenmaier) leaped to safety on the 16-section log boom they were towing.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11926/1313?r=0&s=4 ; The Province (Vancouver BC) Thursday, February 8, 1968 page 2;
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