William Rest
Canadian tugboat
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William Rest was a tugboat built for the Toronto Harbour Commission in 1961 for $150,000 CAD.[1] She was built in Erieau, Ontario by the Erieau Shipbuilding and Drydock Limited.[2] She displaced 61 gross tons. She was named after the commission's recently deceased director of planning.[3][4][5] Rest had worked for the Commission for 46 years.
She was powered by a Caterpillar 379D which could supply 560 horsepower (420 kW).[6]
In 1975 the tugs William Rest, Lac Como, G.W. Rogers and Bagotville tried to free the lake freighter George M. Carl.[7]
The Toronto Harbour Commission occasionally employs the William Rest to break ice on the lower Don River.[8]
Port authorities retired the William Rest when they commissioned its replacement, the Iron Guppy, in mid 2016.[9][10] William Rest was acquired by Galcon Marine Limited,[11] but it has not been in active use since 2016. In November 2022, the tug was seen being scrapped on the Galcon Marine premises.