Colville / Gulf Wave
La Praxis / Bobby Bowes
YTS 576. Hull #484. Particulars Of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected by naval Service Headquarters (D. N. C. Dept.) 1943 – 1945: Colville [CN843]. On 27 May 1944, Colville was assigned to Sydney, NS.
Transport Canada List 2003: owned by Dean Construction Co., LaSalle, Ontario. Canadian List of Shipping 1994: Steel tug a] La Praxis [C.320827] built at Owen Sound in 1944. Renamed b] Bobby Bowes. Owned by Dean Construction, Belle River, Ontario. GAO Notes: Built as a ville' class tug for the Canadian navy. Registered at Toronto as Bobby Bowes in 1979. Hull #484.
This small tug was built by Russel Brothers in 1944 as the “Ville”-class tug Colville for the Canadian Navy. In 1964 she was sold civilian and renamed Gulf Wave. She was later renamed La Praxis. In 1979, she was sold to Dean Construction of LaSalle, ON and renamed Bobby Bowes. She is currently active in the marine construction trade for Dean.
Type: Single Screw Tugboat
Year Built: 1944
Builder: Russel Brothers Ltd., Owen Sound, ON
Horsepower: 140 bhp
Length: 37' 04?
Breadth: 10' 02?
Depth: 3' 06?
Port of Registry: Toronto, ON
Name 1 1944 Colville (H.M.C.S.)
Name 2 1946 Colville (C.N.A.V.)
Name 3 1965 Gulf Wave
Name 4 1972 La Praxis
Name 5 1979 Bobby Bowes
Registry #320827. Pendant #YTS.576. In 1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy.
She was employed as a Harbour tug at Sydney, NS. 1–142bhp, 3nhp Cummins diesel engine (1944). In 1965 she was sold to Pitts Engineering Construction Ltd., Toronto, ON. In 1982 the company name Pitts Engineering Construction Ltd was changed to Banister Continental LTD. Markham, ON. In 2018 she was owned by Dean Construction Co., Ltd., Lasalle, ON.
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