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Mormac

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Registry #1 170771 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1935 Tugaway (III) Name 6
Name 2 1953 Point Grey Girl Name 7
Name 3 1963 Mormac Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1935 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 29.0' x 9.2' x 4.8'
Builder Fenner & Hood Shipyards, Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 8 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 6 Type 2
Engine 80hp engine (1935); Engine Manufacture Buda Co., Harvey IL USA
Repower Repowered with a 104hp engine; Repowered with a 75bhp engine (1945); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1950 she was rebuilt 29.4' x 9.3' x 4.8' Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1935-1945 she was owned by Beckman Towboat Co. Ltd., Marpole BC (Amos Beckman). In 1945 she was owned by Charles V. Towers (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946 she was owned by Tugaway Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1953 she was owned by Towers Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1953-1960 she was owned by Point Grey Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1960-1975 she was owned by L.B.W. Industries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1976-1977 she was owned by Point Grey Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1977-11-18
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On January 23, 1943 this tug, owned by Beckman Towboat Co. Ltd., Marpole BC, struck a hemlock snag in the Fraser River that punched a large hole in the hull. Captain Buster Monk managed to get her aground before this vessel sank. The salvage vessel Helite No. 1 put on a temporary patch and refloated. In 1977 this vessel was reported to have been beached and broken up at Gambier Island BC.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11865/652?r=0&s=5 ; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday January 25, 1943 page 17;
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