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Seaspan International Fonds
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Fonds
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985.086.0001-0022, 986.039-986.040, 988.284.0001-0010
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1922-1979 (Creation)
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Physical description
14 blueprints. -- 50 photographs. -- 7 v. -- 18.5 cm of textual records.
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Name of creator
Seaspan International Limited
(1971 -)
Administrative history
Vancouver-based towboat operator created through merger of Island Tug and Barge and Vancouver Tugboat Company. The company has since absorbed other smaller towboat companies. It is a part of the Seaspan Corporation.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds consists of
985.086
- Ship plans, correspondence, Lloyd’s register of shipping load, shipping, and surveyor’s certificates related to Island Tug & Barge vessels M/V Comet, M/V Island Forester and M/V Island Cedar, as well as a cost of building report and assorted certificates for SS Conchita.
- Correspondence, reports, and certificates related to William Beardmore & Company Limited, Victoria Machinery Depot Company Limited, Yarrows Limited, and the Department of Marine and Fisheries dating from 1922 to 1956 and 1979,
- Certificates for ship’s lanterns from the Netherlands Meteorological institute, in Dutch, dated 1924, and certificates of tonnage from the United States of Venezuela.
986.039
- Time sheets dating from August 1947 to December 1956,
- Motor Princess valve cage charts dated 1946 to 1948 (have been ripped in half and taped back together)
- Blank envelopes and forms from Island Tug & Barge,
- Booklet of engineering tables and plans titled "I.T.-4.",
- 1962 marine digest,
- Salvage agreement,
- Loading specifications for log barges.
986.040
- Quotation work sheets in alphabetical order which had been stored in a card catalogue style. Consists only of work sheets from 'A' to 'Mc',
- 10 miscellaneous blueprints.
988.284
- Fonds consists of documents, photographs, and blueprints relating to Seaspan engineering , TSS Conchita, and TSS Carlota. The documents include 3 copies of the stability investigation report from the Capsizing of Seaspan 921, two copies of a technical investigation and analysis report on the probable causes of capsize on 19 July 1974 of Seaspan 921, and statistical stability calculations from the capsizing,
- loading scale sheets, calibration scales, transcript of register, load line certificate, and general correspondence dating from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Seaspan International Limited in several installments from 1985 to 1988.
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Language of material
- English
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All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.
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- Seaspan International Limited (Creator)
- Island Tug & Barge Limited (Subject)
- M/V Comet (ship) (Subject)
- M/V Island Forester (ship) (Subject)
- M/V Island Cedar (ship) (Subject)
- SS Conchita (ship) (Subject)
- Yarrows Shipbuilding Limited (Subject)
- Victoria Machinery Depot Company Limited (Subject)
- Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Subject)
- SS Carlota (ship) (Subject)
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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
6 March 2018