Ship Details

Nautilus Swell

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Photo Credit: Maple Leaf Adventures

 
 
Registry #1 130882 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# 316005922 VRN#
 
Name 1 1912 Swell Name 6
Name 2 2011c Nautilus Swell Name 7
Name 3 2014 Swell Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1912 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 70.0' x 19.0' x 9.0'
Builder Beach Avenue Shipyard Ltd. (Arthur Moscrop) Measurement (metric) 22.1m x 5.9m x 2.7m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 85 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 4 Type 2 Passenger Vessel
Engine 18hp steam engine (1912) Engine Manufacture Enterprise Engine & Foundry Co., San Francisco CA
Repower Repowered in 1954 with a 400hp Enterprise diesel at Blackball Towing Co. Shipyard. Repowered with a 275hp engine; Repowered with a Detroit Diesel 12V149, that is fitted with a blower but not a turbo. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1954 she was rebuilt from deck up at Point Hope Shipyard Victoria BC. In 2005 she was rebuilt to 25.30m x 6.33m x 3.28m 130gt 39rt Call Sign CFN7045
Pendant  # VE026A Masters Captain George MacGregor (1912); Captain George Howell (1959);
 
Owner(s)
In 1912 she was owned by George McGregor as the first tug of Victoria Tug Co., Victoria BC Canada. In 1913-1959 she was owned by Victoria Tug Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1959-1972 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1972-1979 she was owned by Thomas Stockdale, West Vancouver BC Canada. In 1981 she was owned by Island Merchant Marine Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1981-1989 she was owned by Westview Dredging Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1990-1997 she was owned by Swell Towing Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1998-2003 she was owned by Swell Towing Ltd., Delta BC Canada. In 2004 she was owned by Big Time Sport Fishing BC Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 2011-2014 she was owned by Icarus Aviation Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2014-2024 she was owned by Maple Leaf Adventures Corp., Victoria BC Canada
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
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References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Drew Hyslop - Nauticapedia 16/12/2023);
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