Ship Details

Otter (X)

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Photo Credit: Christopher James Cole

 
 
Registry #1 310376 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1957 P.G.D. 3 Name 6
Name 2 1963 Otter (X) Name 7
Name 3 1965 Dean Ranger Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1957 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 43.6' x 12.5' x 5.5'
Builder Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd. Measurement (metric) 13.29m x 3.81m x 1.68m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 23.46 Type 1 Patrol Vessel
Registered Tonnage 15.95 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 147bhp diesel engine (1957) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1957-1958 she was owned by The Attorney General of British Columbia, Victoria BC Canada. In 1958-1965 she was owned by the Minister of Recreation & Conservation for the Province of British Columbia, Victoria BC Canada. In 1965-1984 she was owned by The Minister of Lands, Forests & Water Resources, Victoria BC Canada. In 1985-2001 she was owned by Jack R. Graham, Victoria BC Canada. In 2001-2024 she was owned by Christopher M.D. West, Sooke BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
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Anecdotes
Built for service with the BC Provincial Fish & Game Department and the BC Provincial Police. Chris West stated "PGD3 entered service as a patrol vessel for the B.C. Government. This vessel served in the Game Protection Branch, and as Otter II in the Recreation and Forests Branch. In 1967 this vesselcame under ownership of the B.C. Forest Service where this vessel was renamed, Dean Ranger. This vessel was to spend her time in the Dean Channel area north of Vancouver Island although this vessel served most of her working life at Kitimat and Ocean Falls. She, along with a number of other Forest Service boats, went to auction in 1984 and was purchased by Jack Graham of Victoria. Jack sold her to her current owner, Chris West of Sooke, in 2001. In 2002, a 105 litre blackwater holding tank was installed. Wiring and water systems are all updated and in 2016, a 7-hp electric bow thruster was installed by Jenkins Marine Limited of Sooke. Construction materials are Yellow cedar planking on oak frames clench nailed, fir keel, gumwood shoe, gumwood sheathing, teak and gumwood brightwork. Topsides: treated cedar plywood, teak and gumwood brightwork."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Coney, Michael (1983); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/283?r=0&s=4 ;
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