This tug was built in 1889 by Turpel Marine Railway Co. in Victoria, BC.
On June 5, 1894 this vessel foundered off Cape Mudge BC near the entrance to Seymour Narrows while enroute from Nanaimo to the Skeena River.
In 1889-1894 she was owned by John Irving, Victoria BC Canada.
Captain James Carroll (184);
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