Histoire
This tug was built in 1905c in BC.
Notes historiques
In 1921 this vessel was beached in Deserted Bay, Jervis Inlet BC Canada. Red cedar over bent oak frames, yellow cedar stern. V-jointed cedar plywood. Trunk cabin forward and wheelhouse over the engine. Comment: Black hull and white pilot house with lower part in chocolate brown. Small mast and boom. Pram dinghy tender carried on stern deck. This vessel was afloat in 2004. Martha Hollenbeck (email to Nauticapedia 26/08/2023) srtated "I have some pictures of her taken in 2002 when this vessel was at Owen Bay. This vessel was in terrible condition, but my husband and I considered trying to buy her. Probably just as well that didn't happen. It would have been an extremely difficult and expensive project to get her floating again. Some years later friends told us of her last days on the water - a sad ending."
Propriétaires et capitaines
In c1905 the original owners are believed to have been Japanese.
In 1926 she was owned by Moses Wilson.
In 1926 she was owned by by Jack Parrish at Redonda Bay BC Canada.
She was owned by Albert Wilson. In the late 1930s or early 1940s she was owned by Dewey Vaughn and used as a salmon troller.
In 1942 she was owned by Schibler and Parsons Logging Co. as a camp boat.
In 1954-1992 she was owned by George Parsons, Campbell River BC as a camp tender.
Reconstructions
In 1943 a new keel and garbutt plank installed at Horne's Bay BC. In 1944 she was replanked and a new cabin finished by Harry Lansall at Stuart Island BC. In 1967 a new bow stem installed, ironwood replaced, glovette put in seams of planks at Stuart Island BC. In 1974 the compromised stern changed to rim stern.
Remotorisation
Repowered in 1944 with a 2 cylinder 25hp Cummins Diesel engine. In 1945 she was repowered with an 8 cylinder Packard engine. In 1946 she was repowered with Vivian engine. In 1950 she was repowered with an 8 cylinder Chrysler engine by Leslie Prendugast. In 1974 she was repowered with a new Ford 130hp diesel engine.
Références
Canada List of Shipping
