Australian tugboat Caledonian Savior
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Name: | Caledonian Salvor |
Builder: | Basalt Rock Company, Napa |
Laid down: | 19 February 1942 |
Launched: | 22 August 1942 |
Completed: | 20 May 1943 |
Fate: | Sold in 1958 |
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Owner: | Island Tug and Barge, Vancouver |
Port of registry: | Fiji |
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Type: | Rescue and Salvage tug boat |
Tonnage: | 1,334 gross tons |
The Sudbury II was a salvage and rescue tug that served during World War II with the Royal Australian Navy as Caledionian Salvor, however was never commissioned. She was sold in 1958 to Island Tug & Barge Ltd, Vancouver, renamed Sudbury II, and registered as a Fijian vessel. Sudbury II undertook numerous salvage jobs in the Pacific Ocean. She was sold in 1981 and became a fishing vessel and renamed Lady Pacific.[1]
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Fate
She caught fire and sank off Prince Rupert on 31 October 1982.
Citations
- ↑ Wilson, p.75.
References
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Further reading
- Norris, Pat Wastell; High Seas, High Risk: The Story of the Sudburys. ISBN 9781550172089
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