History | |
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Name | Tillicum |
Operator | Queen`s Harbour Master |
Launched | 1990 |
Completed | Island Defender |
Acquired | Mar 15 1997 |
Recommissioned | 1997 with QHM |
Homeport | Esquimalt Harbour |
Identification | YTM 555 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 140 tons |
Length | 21.03m |
Beam | 7.28m |
Installed power | 8V149 Detroit Diesel 635bhp x 2 |
Propulsion | 2 × kort nozzles |
Notes | Bollard pull: 16 tons |
CFAV Tillicum (YTM 555) is a harbour tug of the Queen`s Harbour Master.[1] She is stationed at CFB Esquimalt, on Vancouver Island.
The Queens`s Harbour Master operates ten other tugboats, five 45-ton Ville-class tug and five 250-ton Glen-class tugs, and two 140-ton Fire-class fireboats.[2][3][4]
The Ville-class tugs rotate their kort nozzle for steering. Tillicum's nozzles are fixed and she uses 4 conventional rudders for steering.