Ship Details

Dola

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Registry #1 122517 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1907 Dola Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1907 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 96.3' x 21.8' x 10.9'
Builder Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 176 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 120 Type 2
Engine 39hp triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine (1907) Engine Manufacture McKie & Baxter, Glasgow Scotland UK
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Vic Montgomery (1953);
 
Owner(s)
In 1907-1918 she was owned by Vancouver Tug & Barge Co.Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1919 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Ocean Services. In 1931 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Montreal QC Canada. In 1932-1941 she was owned by Dola Towing Co. Ltd. Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942 she was owned by B.C. Towboats Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1943 she was owned by Pacific Towing & Salvage, Victoria BC Canada. In 1946 she was owned by Dola Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1953 she was owned by Dola Tugboats Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1953-10-29
 
Named Features
Significance of Name She was named for the second daughter of James & Laura Dunsmuir.
 
Anecdotes
This tug towed a railway barge from Vancouver Harbour to Ladysmith or Jayem ((Nanoose Harbour). On October 29th, 1953 this vessel was sunk in the fog in Howe Sound in a collision when this vessel was hit by the Lady Cynthia, owned by the Union Steamship Co Ltd. The Lady Cynthia took the crew of nine from the tugboat as this vessel sank. The Dola was outbound for Squamish with a barge carrying Pacific Great Eastern Railway cars. The Blackbird II picked up the Dola's barge.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1; Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo BC) Thursday October 29, 1953 page 1;
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