Ship Details

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Photo Credit: Joanne Lipsey

 
 
Registry #1 171808 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1939 Leola Vivian (I) Name 6
Name 2 1947 B.C. Surveyor Name 7
Name 3 1968 Oliver Clark II Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1939 Place Marpole Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 55.8' x 14.3' x 8.2'
Builder Askew, George F. Measurement (metric) 17.0m x 4.4m x 2.5m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 46.92 Type 1 Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage 31.91 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 110hp gasoline engine (1939) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower Repowered with a 230hp engine (1947); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1949 she was rebuilt at the Forest Service Maintenance Depot. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1939 she was owned by Will Vivian, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1941 she was owned by Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942 she was a Canadian Naval Tender to H.M.C.S. Burrard chartered to the Royal Canadian Navy and later purchased on 30/11/1942. In 1947-1961 she was owned by Minister of Lands and Forests Victoria BC Canada. In 1967-1983 she was owned by Minister Lands and Water Resources, Victoria BC Canada. In 1983-1989 she was owned by James A. Burroughs, Surrey BC Canada. In 1993-2011 she was owned by Jed F. Currie, Halfmoon Bay BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2011-11-15
 
Named Features
Significance of Name It was named for Oliver Clark, Forest Service employee killed in a forest fire.
 
Anecdotes
During World War Two this vessel was a Canadian Naval Tender to H.M.C.S. Burrard chartered to the RCN and later purchased on 30/11/1942. In October 2015 this vesselhit a rock and the owner was ejected from the wheel house into the water. The boat righted itself and kept going. Luck would have it that some jerry cans fell off the stern of boat and served as floatation devices for the skipper who was later saved.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping (1990); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Coney, Michael (1983);
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