Ship Details

Swiftsure III (I)

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Registry #1 310318 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1957 Swiftsure III (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1957 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 42.0' x 15.4' x 6.8'
Builder Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 28.98 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 19.71 Type 2
Engine 500bhp turbo-charged diesel engine (1957) Engine Manufacture Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria IL USA
Repower Repowered in 1961 with a 600bhp turbo-charged diesel engine by Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria IL USA Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1957-1969 she was owned by Swiftsure Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1969-10-21
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On October 1, 1968 this vessel sank off the mouth of the Fraser River near Point Grey BC at Sturgeon Bank.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1;
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