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Name: ISLAND MARINER
Launched: 17/06/1959
Completed: 21/11/1960
Builder: T Mitchison Ltd, Gateshead
Yard Number: 96
Dimensions: 182grt, 7nrt, 97.9 x 25.9 x 10.9ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4tew, 8cyl, 1200bhp;
(1968: 2 x Oil engines, 4tew, 12cyl, 1320bhp)
Engines By: Lister Blackstone Marine Ltd, Dursley;
(1968: Caterpillar, Peoria)
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 311797
History:
1960 McAllister Towing Ltd, Montreal
1960 Island Tug & Barge Co, Victoria BC
1972 Seaspan International Ltd, Vancouver; renamed SEASPAN MARINER
01/2001 Broken up
Comments: 1968: Re-engined
01/2001: Broken up in China


Above photo as ISLAND MARINER copyright of the Laurence Dunn Collection

Above photo as SEASPAN MARINER copyright of Marc Piché

Above photo as SEASPAN MARINER copyright of Marc Piché