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Registry #1	126894 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1910	New Delta	Name 6
Name 2	1953	Sea Crest II	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1910	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	57.8' x 15.0' x 6.4'
Builder	Vancouver Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	39	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	32	Type 2
Engine	9hp engine (1910);	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 100hp diesel engine (1949c); Repowered in 1953 with a 225bhp diesel engine by the Murphy Diesel Co.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1953 as a recovered wreck she was rebuilt by Matsumoto Shipyard at Dollarton BC to 61.0' x 15.5' x 6.5' 43gt 29rt	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Ben McDonald (1951);

 

Owner(s)

In 1915 she was owned by Gilbert W. Brewster, Ladner BC Canada. In 1921 she was owned by Vancouver - Port Moody Ferries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1926-1929 she was owned by William H. Armstrong, Burnaby BC Canada. In 1929-1931 she was owned by Mrs. William H. Armstrong, Burnaby BC Canada. In 1935 she was owned by Empire Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1936 she was owned by North Shore Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1944 she was owned by Maurice G. Troup, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946 she was owned by Cecil C. Harris, Pender Harbour BC Canada. In 1947 she was owned by Americo V. DiCastri (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1948 she was owned by Ellen L. Harris, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949 she was owned by William Bate (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1953-1979 she was owned by Harbour Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1979-05-17

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On November 28, 1951 this vessel was towing the barge Lucky N. with a cargo of furniture when this vessel was swamped by high seas and run aground near Myrtle Point. The crew of three was saved: Captain Ben McDonald, John Argue (engineer) and harold Price (deck hand). The tug was salvaged. In 1954 this vessel was destroyed by fire to the waterline near Powell River.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Rogers, Fred (1992); 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_t11867/1479?r=0&s=5 ;
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