ON 16187, 921/904 tons, built by M.S. Harris in Moncton, New Brunswick, registered in Liverpool 135/555, owned by Steward & Douglas 1854, condemned 1860s.
269 tons gross. Built for the United States Navy in Astoria and named YMS 140. She was purchased by Straits Towing & Salvage of Vancouver in 1948 and renamed Salvor III. From 1950 to 1953, she was owned by Vancouver Salvage Equipment Ltd. of Vancouver and renamed Salvage Queen. From 1953 t0 1958, she was owned by Pacific Salvage Ltd. of Vancouver. From 1958 to 1966, she was owned by Straits Towing of Vancouver. She was last registered in 1966 with owner Emlyn Matthews of Pitt Meadows, B.C.
Built as SS Tees in 1893, and renamed Salvage Queen in 1925.
(See also SS Tees)
Steel, single screw tug, 1,164 tons gross. Built in Scotland and owned by Pacific Salvage Company, Victoria. In 1940, she was sold to the British Admiralty and became HMS Salvage King. She was grounded in north east Scotland in 1940 south of Scapa Flow, and later cut up for scrap.
ON 777347, built 1878 South Shields, England, 961 tons, iron hull, 255.2x33.1x22.8 feet, single screw. Owned by P. Hick Jr. & Co, Scarborough England 1878-1893, then by E. Corblet, Le Havre France. Renamed Ocetville, sank after collision 1893.
Steel, twin screw, 1,943 tons gross, passenger steamer operated by Canadian Pacific Railway. She was sold in 1951 and her hull converted to hog (wood chip) carrier. In 1953, she struck rock in Welcome Pass north of Vancouver and foundered. Princess Victoria was the first new ship built for the Canadian Pacific British Columbia Coast Steamship Service and, like almost all of the others, was built in Scotland.