(click on the thumbnails to view larger pictures)
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Foundation Alice
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Built as TANAC-V-262 by Smith
& Rhuland in Lunenburg, NS, in 1945.
Sold in 1948, and renamed Marny M.
Broken up in 1962.
Copper sheathed wooden hull.
Displacement: 68 gross tons
Dimensions: 71 x 17.5 x 8.5 ft.
Propulsion: 6-cylinder 9x12 Vivian diesel, 240 bhp; 8 knots.
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Foundation Aranmore
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Aranmore was built in
1890 in Dundee, Scotland, as a coastal freighter. She was purchased by
the Canadian Government in 1914, and operated as a buoy tender and
lighthouse supply
vessel until she was sold to Foundation Maritime in 1939. Sold again in
1945, she sank in 1946 off the British West Indies.
Iron hull.
Displacement: 1170 gross tons
Dimensions: 241.5 x 35 x 16 ft.
Propulsion: triple expansion steam, single shaft, 1500 IHP; 13 knots.
No photo available.
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Bansaga (II)
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Diesel coastal and
harbour tug.
ex-RCN GLEN class.
Displacement: 97 gross tons.
Dimensions: 73 x 20 x 10.5 ft.
Diesel propulsion, 600 bhp., 10 knots.
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Banscot
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Coastal and
harbour tug.
British built steel tug, built 1934, purchased by Foundation Maritime
in the late 1930s.
Displacement: 215 gross tons
Dimensions: 97.5 x 30 x 14.5 ft.
Oil-fired steam powerplant, 900 hp., 11 knots.
In the third photo, Banscot butts up against RMS
Aquitania .
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Banshee
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Coastal and
harbour tug.
British built steel tug, built 1934, purchased by Foundation Maritime
in the late 1930s.
Displacement: 215 gross tons
Dimensions: 97.5 x 30 x 14.5 ft.
Oil-fired steam powerplant, 900 hp., 11 knots.
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Banstar
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Harbour tug.
ex-Sandusky with non-condensing steam propulsion.
Displacement: 85 gross tons
Dimensions: 78 x 17 x 10 ft.
Converted to diesel propulsion, 400 bhp., 10 knots.
The second photo shows her still under the name Sandusky.
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Bansun
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Harbour tug.
ex-Milwaukie with non-condensing steam propulsion.
Displacement: 85 gross tons
Dimensions: 78 x 17 x 10 ft.
Converted to diesel propulsion, 400 bhp., 10 knots.
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Banswift
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Diesel coastal and
harbour tug.
ex-RCN GLEN class.
Displacement: 98 gross tons.
Dimensions: 73 x 20 x 10.5 ft.
Diesel propulsion, 400 bhp., 10 knots.
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Foundation Frances
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ex-USN ATR
19, built in 1944.
Purchased by Foundation Maritime in 1948. Stripped and laid up in
Fairview Cove (Halifax), and was later filled in (see photo #4 taken
circa 1961.)
Displacement: 852 tons
Dimensions: 165.5 x 33 x 15.5
Triple-expansion reciprocating oil-fired steam, single shaft, 1,600 hp;
12 knots.
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Foundation Franklin
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Served Foundation
Maritime 1930-1948, scrapped by 1950.
ex-HMS FRISKY, ex-Gustavo Ipland
Built in Aberdeen, 1919.
Displacement: 1050 tons
Dimensions: 160 x 32 x 15 ft.
1 shaft; 2 Scotch cylindrical boilers, one triple expansion engine,
1200
ihp. 13 knots.
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Foundation Josephine
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Built 1942.
Served Foundation Maritime under charter, 1946-1951.
Admiralty BUSTLER class, ex-SAMSONIA.
Displacement: 1100 gross tons
Dimensions: 205 x 38.5 x 17 ft.
Propulsion: Twin Polar diesels, 4000 bhp., 15 knots.
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Foundation Josephine II
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Ocean-going tug
and salvage vessel.
Built as a netlayer for the US Navy in 1944, she originally carried the
name USS SATINLEAF (AN-43). After the war, she towed barges on the
Great Lakes as the Rocky River. After being sold by Foundation
Maritime in 1960, she was renamed North Star IV and served as a
sealer and research vessel. She sank during a hydrogaphic survey of
James Bay in 1961.
Wooden hull.
Displacement: 874 gross tons.
Dimensions: 179 x 36.5 x 14.5 ft.
Twin 12-cylinder diesel electric coupled to single screw, 1800 bhp., 14
knots.
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Foundation Jupiter
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Self propelled
derrick ship.
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Foundation Lillian
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ex-USN ATR
(later ATA)
Displacement: 835 tons, full load
Dimensions: 143 x 33.9 x 13
2 GM diesels, 1 shaft, 1,500 bhp., 13 knots
Later renamed Escort and N.R. Lang, and is currently
working under the name Haida
Chieftain.
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Foundation Masson
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Built 1931.
Operated by Foundation Maritime (and later Foundation Co. of Canada)
from 1931 to 1975. Foundation Masson sank in Country Harbour,
Nova Scotia, in early 1975.
Derrick boat, steel hull.
Displacement: 288 gross tons
Dimensions: 80 x 42 x 8.5 ft.
Revolving diesel-electric crane of 25 ton capacity.
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Foundation Mersey
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Derrick barge.
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Foundation Scarboro
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Built 1932.
Operated by Foundation Maritime and M.I.L. until 1976, then sold.
Renamed M.I.L. Scarboro in 1973.
Derrick, compressor and power boat, steel hull.
Displacement: 472 gross tons
Dimensions: 100 x 42 x 11.5 ft.
Electric revolving crane of 25 ton capacity.
40' shearlegs with 200 short ton lift base capacity.
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Foundation Security
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Built in 1907 as
Standard II, she was renamed Foundation Security upon
purchase in about 1940. She was possibly scrapped in 1951 at Halifax.
Displacement: 397 gross tons
Dimensions: 140 x 26 x 15.7 ft.
Propulsion: Steam.
No photo available.
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Foundation Shipshaw
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Derrick barge.
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Foundation Valiant
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Designed for
salvage and ocean towing. Built in 1963, she was renamed Point
Valiant in 1973, and Andre H. in 1995 when she was sold to
Trois-Rivieres Remorqueurs Ltd.
Displacement: 317 gross tons
Dimensions: 117 x 28 x 13 ft.
Propulsion: Twin screw, diesel, 2100 bhp.
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Foundation Valour
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Built in 1958,
renamed Point Valour in 1973.
Diesel coastal and harbour tug.
Displacement: 247 gross tons
Dimensions: 98 x 29 x 13.5 ft.
Single screw, diesel, 1280 bhp., 13 knots.
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Foundation Vanguard
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Built 1962.
Displacement: 207 tons
Dimensions: 90.5 x 27 x 12 ft.
Single screw, diesel, 1200 bhp.
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Foundation Venture
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Foundation
Venture was built for the British Admiralty as HMS DRAGONET in
1939
as a member of the BAYONET class of 10 ships. She was purchased by
Foundation Maritime in 1961. In 1973 she was renamed M.I.L. Venture,
and later Techno Venture in 1978.
Salvage ship, steel hull.
Displacement: 790 tons full load (456 gross)
Dimensions: 135 (161 o.a.) x 30.5 x 9 ft.
Propulsion: Triple expansion steam, cylindrical boilers; 850 IHP; 11.5
knots.
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Foundation Vera
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Foundation Vera
was built in 1945 as Rockhill, a member of the Warrior class.
She was renamed Maritime Guardian in 1946, and was purchased by
Foundation Maritime in 1948, after which she was classified as an
ocean-going rescue and salvage tug.
Steel hull.
Displacement: 254 gross tons
Dimensions: 113.5 x 30 x 14 ft.
Propulsion: Oil-fired steam, 1000 ihp., 14 knots.
Scuttled 1968.
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Foundation Vibert
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Displacement: 244
tons
Twin screw, diesel, 1280 bhp.
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Foundation Viceroy
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Built 1962.
Displacement: 207 tons
Dimensions: 90.5 x 27 x 12 ft.
Single screw, diesel, 1200 bhp.
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Foundation Victor
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Built in 1956,
renamed Point Victor in 1973.
Diesel coastal and harbour tug.
Displacement: 247 gross tons
Dimensions: 98 x 29 x 13.5 ft.
Single screw, diesel, 1280 bhp., 13 knots.
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Foundation Vigilant
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Ocean going tug
and salvage vessel.
ex-Abeille 26.
Displacement: 718 gross tons
Dimensions: 179 x 32.5 x 15 ft.
Twin diesel coupled to single screw, 3000 bhp., 16 knots.
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Foundation Vigour
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Built 1962,
renamed Point Vigour in 1975.
Displacement: 207 tons
Dimensions: 90.5 x 27 x 12 ft.
Single screw, diesel, 1200 bhp.
Later renamed Point Vigour.
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Foundation Viking
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Built 1962,
renamed Point Viking in 1975.
Displacement: 207 tons
Dimensions: 90.5 x 27 x 12 ft.
Single screw, diesel, 1200 bhp.
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Foundation Vim
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Built 1962.
Displacement: 207 tons
Dimensions: 90.5 x 27 x 12 ft.
Single screw, diesel, 1200 bhp.
Later renamed Point Vim.
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Foundation Viscount
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Built 1962.
Displacement: 207 tons
Dimensions: 90.5 x 27 x 12 ft.
Single screw, diesel, 1200 bhp.
No photo available.
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Foundation Wallace
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Built 1916
as the fire fighting tug George A. Wallace. Converted to a tug
in
1936, she was purchased by Foundation Maritime in 1946, and renamed Foundation
Wallace. Possibly scrapped in 1953.
Displacement: 112 gross tons.
Dimensions: 77 x 20.5 x 12 ft.
Propulsion: Steam
No information available.
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Lord Strathcona
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Built in 1902,
Lord Strathcona (along with the Traverse) joined the
Foundation
Maritime fleet in 1944 after the purchase of the Quebec Wrecking and
Salvage
Company. She was broken up in 1947.
Displacement: 495 gross tons.
Dimensions: 160 x 27 x 13.5 ft.
Propulsion: Triple expansion steam, Single screw.
No photo available.
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Ocean Eagle
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Built 1919 as St.
Arvans, a member of the Admiralty Saint class. She was purchased by
the Canadian Government in 1927, and came under Foundation Maritime
control
during the Second World War. She was sold in 1946, renamed Aigle
d'Ocean
, and sank in Hudson Strait in 1975 with loss of life.
Displacement: 420 gross tons.
Dimensions: 135 x 29 x 14 ft.
Propulsion: Triple expansion steam, Single screw, 1250 ihp; 12 knots.
No photo available.
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Traverse
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Built in 1930,
Traverse was a steel salvage vessel operated by the Quebec
Wrecking and Salvage Company until Foundation Maritime purchased the
former
in 1944. She was scrapped in 1966.
Displacement: 317 gross tons.
Dimensions: 130 x 26 x 10.5 ft.
Propulsion: Diesel, Single screw,
No photo available.
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Foundation Maritime Wharf
and various tugs
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Various photos of
the Foundation Maritime wharf in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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