Ship Details

Goblin (I)

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Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 152820 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1925 Goblin (I) Name 6
Name 2 1962 R.B. Green Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1925 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 54.7' x 15.9' x 8.1'
Builder Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 11 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 5 Type 2
Engine 135hp 3cyl. Diesel engine (1925); Engine Manufacture Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower Repowered with a 265bhp engine (1951); Repowered with a 400hp engine (1957); Repowered with a 400hp Davey-Paxman engine; Repowered with a 457bhp engine by General Motors Corp. (1961); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1943 she was rebuilt by West Coast Salvage & Contracting Co. Ltd. at Vancouver BC to 58.2' x 16.2' x 9.1' 54.00gt 2rt Call Sign VCML
Pendant  # V037A Masters Captain Don Peck (1959);
 
Owner(s)
In 1925-1962 she was owned by Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962-1973 she was owned by Armour Salvage (1949) Ltd., Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1973-1974 she was owned by William B. Church, Surrey BC Canada. In 1975-1985 she was owned by Dollar Navigation Ltd., Delta BC Canada. In 1994 she was owned by Mike Graham. In 1999 she was owned by Graham Bros. Logging Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2008-03-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name R.B. (Bob) Green was the senior skipper for Armour Salvage Ltd., Prince Rupert BC.
 
Anecdotes
In November 1933 this vesselwent aground in Bull Channel, Lasqueti Island. Her keel was broken and her bilge was cracked. This vessel was towed for repairs by the Skookum to the Vancouver Drydock in North Vancouver. In 1959 this vessel foundered in heavy weather near Birch Bay WA while securing a scow. The crew went into the life rafts. On January 27, 1973 this vessel foundered in Porpoise Harbour BC. In 2011 this vessel was reported to be still afloat in Porpoise Bay BC - still with glass in the deadlights. Captain Bill Higgs (December 12, 2020) reports that “she’s been on the bottom for probably 5 years now. The government has recently advised that this vessel is one of the priority vessels for removal as this vessel is a hazard to navigation. At low tide you could clip her houseworks.”
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); 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_t11859/367?r=0&s=6; Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
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