Island Sovereign (tug)

The former U. S. Army tug L T- 62, recently salvaged after being wrecked on the British Columbia coast, was placed in commercial service as the tug Island Sovereign of Island Tug & Barge Co. Yarrows at Esquimalt completely rebuilt the vessel into one of the handsomest as well as one of the most powerful offshore tugs in the North Pacific. Her onginal 1,225-horsepower Fairbanks-Morse seven cylinder diesel was equipped with a supercharger, raising the horse- power to 1,400. She was also fitted with the most modern navigational equipment, including radar, before entering service in charge of Capt. Fred MacFarlane. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1950-51, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1966, p. 573.

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Sovereign

The "Sovereign" was built by Sir Raylton Dixon, Middlesborough in 1886. She was a 1,047 gross ton ship, length 244.2ft x beam 33.3ft x depth 16.3ft, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 112 passengers (as built). Built as the "African" and used for Union Line's South African coastal service, she was sold to F.H.Powell & Co in 1893, renamed "Graceful" and used on the Liverpool - London service. In 1902 she was sold to Ostlande Lloyd, renamed "Sovereign", fitted with a taller funnel and put onto the Oslo - Newcastle route (weekly each way with the "Sterling(2)). In 1906 she went to the Fred Olsen Line, and in 1912 went to the Bergen Line and was renamed "Zeta". Used on the Bergen - Continent service, she made a 1914 voyage to Newcastle with stranded tourists at the outbreak of war. After the Great War, she opened a new Bergen - Antwerp service in place of the pre-war service by the German Neptun Line, and was eventually scrapped in 1931. [A Century of North Sea Passenger Steamers by A.Greenway] - [E-mail from Ted Finch - 20 June 1998]

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Sovereign (stern Wheeler)

Built at Ballard in 1898. Gordon Newell, Ships of the Inland Sea p. 214.

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Sovereign (tug)

Participant in tugboat races at Olympia Harbor days, 1984, The Marine Digest. September 29, 1984, p. 11+ Fremont Tug Company purchases tug Plumas and renames it Sovereign, The Marine Digest. December 19, 1984, p. 11+

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