Ship Details

Sea Comet

Vessel image

Photo Credit: Western Fisheries Magazine

 
 
Registry #1 177994 (Canada) Registry #2 MP.77 (RCMP) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 Brigadier Sutherland Brown Name 6
Name 2 1947 P.M.L. 16 Name 7
Name 3 1950 M.L. 16 (R.C.M.P.) Name 8
Name 4 1960 Sea Comet Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 54.4' x 16.0' x 7.0'
Builder Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 51 Type 1 Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage 40 Type 2 Tug
Engine 1-165bhp engine (1944) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower Repowered with a 120hp engine (1947); Repowered with a 290hp engine (1960); Repowered with a 525bhp engine (1965); A Jenbach engine was installed in 1967; the 348 Cat was installed in 1969; Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # MP.77 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1947 she was owned and operated by the Canadian Army Pacific Command Water Transport Company of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. In 1947-1951 she was owned by the British Columbia Attorney General, Victoria BC for the British Columbia Provincial Police. In 1950-1958 she was owned by the RCMP Marine Section. In 1960-1965 she was owned by Bendickson Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975-1979 she was owned by Broughton Towing Co. Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1980 she was owned by Fairway Towing & Salvage Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1983-1987 she was owned by Island Merchant Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1987-11-26
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Brigadier James "Buster" Sutherland Brown (June 28, 1881 - April 14, 1951) was a Canadian military officer best known for drafting a contingency war plan in 1921 to invade and occupy several American border cities.
 
Anecdotes
Her registry closed on 25/11/1951 and was reopened 29 June 1959. On 25/11/1987 this vessel was destroyed by fire and sank in Howe Sound BC.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 24/02/2016); LAC Reel T-11595 (Sea Comet);
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