Hopkins

Leonard Trump reports that "I was first mate on the Rover (from1966 to 1971) under the ownership of Arne Bentzen from Maple Bay Marina and later for a few years at Gabriolla Island Marina. From home base at Maple Bay Marina, we did many marine rescue operations and towed a fleet of 6 meter sail boats to a regatta in Port Townsend in 1967. Arne sold the Rover to a chap in Ladysmith probably named Rover Holdings.The Rover sank due to neglect in Ladysmith some time later and was hauled to Nanaimo shipyards and dismantled." Mike Wright reports (24/12/2015 British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group) that "this vessel sank...finally..in Genoa Bay. I attended the scene at the request of Victoria RCC. A fellow bought her from the guy in Ladysmith, (who incidentally let her rot away...and ran her aground twice in the same day....off Round Island). This vessel was raised in Genoa Bay...towed to Nanaimo by Saltair Marine...and torn up. I believe that her wheelhouse survives...somewhere.... This vessel was a mighty good looking tug when Island Tug had her in the 1960s."