Ship Details
Curly Photo Credit: Mike Clement

 

Registry #1	158595 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1913	Curly	Name 6
Name 2	1937	Standon	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1913	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	35.4' x 11.2' x 5.0'
Builder	Menchions, William R.	Measurement (metric)	10.8m x 3.4m x 1.5m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	8.81	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	3.96	Type 2
Engine	3hp engine (1913)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 120hp engine (1957c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Ted Wilson (1937);

 

Owner(s)

In 1913 she was owned by Alva M. (Curley) Snider, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1935 she was owned by Alva M. Snider Jrd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1937 she was owned by Standard Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1944 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1945-1949 she was owned by Coast Quarries Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1955-1961 she was owned by Indian River Quarries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962-1979 she was owned by Frank R. Smith, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1988-1994 she was owned by Anderson-Smith Marine Contractors Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1994 she was owned by George Abermath, Queen Charlotte City BC Canada. In 1997-1999 she was owned by Daryl Giles, Rivers Inlet BC Canada. In 2003-2008 she was owned by Dennis J. Giles, New Westminster BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2008-03-10

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

On September 26, 1954, at dusk, this tug owned by Coast Quarries Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC, was in collision with a scow and capsized just east of the Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver Harbour BC. Caught in a tide rip, this vesselrolled over and sank throwing her two crew into the water. They were picked up by the nearby Bayburn that came to their aid, and picked up the scow and secured it to a buoy.

 

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); Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday September 27, 1954 page 17; Vancouver News-Herald (Vancouver BC) Monday September 27, 1954 page 1;
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