TANAC Ocean Tugs
(CT) Built During WWII
Most recent update: March 6, 2015.
There is very little publicly available information about the 265 ocean tugs that were built by Canadian shipyards during WWII and transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport. They were officially called Canadian Tugs, with the symbol CT, but were universally known as TANACs, a name that is believed to have been intended to be the Canadian equivalent of the TUSA label used for the tugs that were built for Britain in U.S. yards. They were 60-foot, 55-ton, diesel-powered boats: all but 35 of the 265 were steel-hulled, the ten built by Smith & Rhuland and the 25 built by Industrial Shipping being wooden-hulled. The first TANAC was delivered in late 1942 and the last in 1946. Some were returned to Canada after the war and the last few were completed after the war was over and never left Canada, but almost all of them were sold to tug operators worldwide and many are still active. The one pictured is the Russel-built CT 46 on her sea trials. Read more about the TANACs on Steve Briggs' web site, here.
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| Builder | Location | Yard | Built | Notes | |
| CT-1 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-2 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-3 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-4 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-5 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-6 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-7 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-8 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-9 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-10 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-11 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-12 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-13 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-14 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-15 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-16 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-17 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-18 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-19 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-20 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-21 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-22 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-23 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-24 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-25 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-26 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | 1943 | later Markoc, in Rijeka | |
| CT-27 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-28 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-29 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-30 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-31 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-32 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-33 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-34 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-35 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-36 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-37 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-38 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-39 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-40 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-41 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | later Vancouver, Lac Vancouver | |
| CT-42 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | later Irving Poplar | |
| CT-43 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | later TANAC-43 | |
| CT-44 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-45 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1943 | later TANAC-45 | |
| CT-46 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-47 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-48 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-49 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-50 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1943 | ||
| CT-51 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-52 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-53 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-54 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-55 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-56 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-57 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-58 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-59 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-60 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-61 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1942 | ||
| CT-62 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1942 | ||
| CT-63 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1942 | ||
| CT-64 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 193 | 1943 | |
| CT-65 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 194 | 1943 | to Italy 1945 as Tenax |
| CT-66 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-67 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-68 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-69 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-70 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-71 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-72 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-73 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-74 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | later Lac Erie | |
| CT-75 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | later Manitoba, Lac Manitoba | |
| CT-76 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-77 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-78 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-79 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-80 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-81 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-82 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-83 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-84 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-85 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-86 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1942 | ||
| CT-87 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1942 | ||
| CT-88 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1942 | ||
| CT-89 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1942 | ||
| CT-90 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1942 | ||
| CT-91 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-92 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-93 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-94 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-95 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-96 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 196 | 1944 | to Italy 1945 as Riccione |
| CT-97 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 197 | 1944 | to Italy 1945 |
| CT-98 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 199 | 1944 | to Italy 1945 as Cesare |
| CT-99 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 200 | 1944 | sold in India 1948 |
| CT-100 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 201 | 1944 | sold in Singapore 1947 |
| CT-101 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-102 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-103 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-104 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-105 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-106 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-107 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-108 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-109 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-110 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-111 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-112 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-113 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-114 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-115 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-116 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-117 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-118 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-119 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-120 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-121 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-122 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-123 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-124 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-125 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-126 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-127 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-128 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-129 | Canadian Bridge Co. | Walkerville ON | |||
| CT-130 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-131 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-132 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-133 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-134 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-135 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-136 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-137 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-138 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-139 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-140 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-141 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-142 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-143 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-144 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-145 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-146 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-147 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-148 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-149 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-150 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-151 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-152 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-153 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-154 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-155 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-156 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-157 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-158 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-159 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-160 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-161 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-162 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-163 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-164 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-165 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-166 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-167 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-168 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-169 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-170 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-171 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-172 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-173 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-174 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-175 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-176 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-177 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-178 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-179 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-180 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-181 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-182 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-183 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-184 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-185 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-186 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-187 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-188 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-189 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-190 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-191 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-192 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-193 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-194 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-195 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-196 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-197 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-198 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-199 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-200 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-201 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-202 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-203 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-204 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-205 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-206 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-207 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-208 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-209 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-210 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-211 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-212 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-213 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-214 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-215 | Russel Bros. Ind. Ltd. | Owen Sound ON | 1945 | ||
| CT-216 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-217 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-218 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-219 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-220 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-221 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-222 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | later Willa P, TANAC V-222 | |
| CT-223 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-224 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-225 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-226 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-227 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-228 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-229 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-230 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-231 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-232 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-233 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-234 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-235 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-236 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-237 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-238 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-239 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-240 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-241 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-242 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-243 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-244 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-245 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-246 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | sold to Toronto DD as M. R. Kane | |
| CT-247 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-248 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-249 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-250 | Central Bridge Co. Ltd. | Trenton ON | 1944 | ||
| CT-251 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-252 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-253 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-254 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-255 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1943 | ||
| CT-256 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1944 | ||
| CT-257 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1944 | ||
| CT-258 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1944 | ||
| CT-259 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1946 | ||
| CT-260 | Industrial Shipping Co. Ltd. | Mahone Bay NS | 1946 | ||
| CT-261 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 203 | 1945 | later Brigadoon |
| CT-262 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 205 | 1945 | later Foundation Alice, Marny M, scrapped 1963 |
| CT-263 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 206 | 1945 | later Brad |
| CT-264 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 207 | 1945 | later Port John |
| CT-265 | Smith & Rhuland | Lunenburg NS | 208 | 1945 | later Margaret Mac, Dunville |