| Protective (tug) | The coal-burning steam tug Protective was added to the Gilley Bros. fleet at New Westminster. The P. R. T. No. 1 was sold to Lillico Launch & Tug Co. by Prince Rupert Towing Co., her semi-diesel engine having been sold to Rouse Towing Co. and replaced by a gas engine of 110 horsepower. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1917, H.W.McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior, 1966., p. 292. |
| Citation: Tacoma Public Library |