Ship Details

B.C.P. 50

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Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 158914 (Canada) Registry #2 FY.01 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 910146
 
Name 1 1929 Vanisle (I) Name 6
Name 2 1942c Vanisle (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1944 Vanisle Name 8
Name 4 1980 B.C.P. 50 Name 9
Name 5 2001c Pacific Grizzly Name 10
 
Year Built 1929 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 67.3' x 19.3' x 9.1'
Builder Boeing Aircraft (Canada) Ltd. Measurement (metric) 20.51m x 5.88m x 2.77m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 83.48 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage 56.77 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 135bhp diesel engine Engine Manufacture Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Co., Oakland
Repower Repowered with a 265bhp diesel engine (1929); Repowered with a 335bhp diesel engine, General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI (1963); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # FY.01 Masters In 1942 Bjarne Arnet (Coxswain RCNR) in command with Thomas Williams (Coxswain RCNR). In 1943 Trygve Arnet (Coxswain RCNR) in command with Geoffrey Child (Coxswain RCNR). In 1944 Trygve Arnet (Chief Skipper RCNR (FR)) in command with Joseph H. MacLeod (Coxswain RCNR (FR)).
 
Owner(s)
In 1929-1997 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fishermen's Reserve as H.M.C.S. Van Isle. In 1944 she was returned to her owners British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1981 she was sold to James Sewid, Campbell River, BC Canada. In 1981 she was sold to British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond, BC Canada. In 2001-2015 she was owned by Leonard E. Ellis, Delta BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2015-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The initials B.C.P. stand for British Columbia Packers Ltd.
 
Anecdotes
This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel was mobilized 15 Sep 1939. On September 7, 1939 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fishermen's Reserve. In 1942 this vessel was serving as tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. In 1943 this vessel was serving as tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy II. In 1944 this vessel was serving as tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. Andrew C. Clarke reports (29/04/2017) that "In 2015 this vessel sank at the dock in Bella Coola. This vessel was pulled out with an excavator and broken up." The vessel register for this ship was still open in 2022.
 
References
Tucker, Gilbert Norman (1952); Popp, Carol (1988); Macpherson, Ken and Burgess, John (1981); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Personal Communication (Andrew C. Clarke - John MacFarlane 29/04/2017); RG12 Reel T-11574 (B.C.P. 50); RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization; RG24 Volume 6729 File General Information - HMCS Van Isle ; Jody Goffic (Email to Nauticapedia 13/01/2022);
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