S.S. Salvage King Made Headlines for 15 Years

“With her holds full of water and possibly abandoned by the underwriters, the 10,000-ton American freighter Golden Harvest is lying at the mercy of North Pacific waves, a hoped-for harvest of the natives living along the rim of the inner Aleutian Islands and the bleak Alaska coast when the seas break her up and distribute the cargo remaining in her holds along the beaches of the northern coast...”

It wasn’t often that the mighty steam tug Salvage King had to admit defeat. For 15 years her name achieved almost legendary status in B.C. maritime circles—as fine a working lady as ever secured a bowline.

The exciting story of this famous salvage tug in next week’s BC Chronicles.

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PHOTO: There was a time when Victoria was considered to be the home of one of the finest salvage tugs in the world—the S.S. Salvage King.