Ship Details
Nahmint (I) Photo Credit: Evan Neeves

 

Registry #1	130791 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1911	Nahmint (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Aleutian Chief	Name 7
Name 3	1952	Nanaimo Tyee	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1911	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	67.9' x 15.5' x 8.1'
Builder	Tanaka & Nakade	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	68	Type 1	Passenger Vessel
Registered Tonnage	42	Type 2	Tug
Engine	6hp engine (1911);	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	In 1929 she was repowered with a 7nhp engine; In 1934 she was repowered with a 100hp Fairbanks-Morse oil engine. In 1948 she was repowered with a 250hp engine.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1934 she was rebuilt as an Arctic trader. In 1943 she was rebuilt.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1911-1921 she was owned by Wallace Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1926 she was owned by Wallace Diesel Ships, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929-1931 she was owned by Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1933 she was owned by J. McQuillan, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934 she was owned by Klengenberg Brothers (Jorgen Klemgenberg), Vancouver BC Canada.. In 1936 she was owned by J. Dutweiler, Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1936 she was owned by William Yorke Higgs, Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1941 she was owned by Nanaimo Towing Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1942 she was owned by North American Towing & Salvage Co. Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1947-1958 she was owned by Nanaimo Towing, Nanaimo BC (Straits Towing purchased Nanaimo Towing in 1952). In 1958-1984 she was owned by Straits Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1984-02-10

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On June 4, 1939 this vessel was stranded at Race Rocks BC. This vessel was reported as scuttled off Sechelt BC.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Nicholson, George (1962);
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