Ship Details

Armac

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Photo Credit: Mike Rydqvist McCammon

 
 
Registry #1 154637 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# 5055658 MMSI# VRN# 90481
 
Name 1 1927 Armac Name 6
Name 2 1931 Shellco (II) Name 7
Name 3 1948 Burnaco Name 8
Name 4 1999c Innchanter Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1927 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 75.6' x 20.3' x 9.3'
Builder Dawe Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 25.16m x 6.25m x 3.20m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 136 Type 1 Freighter
Registered Tonnage 77 Type 2 Tanker
Engine 180bhp 6-cylinder diesel engine (1927) Engine Manufacture Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower Repowered with a GM12-V-71 engine (1987); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1997 she was rebuilt at New Westminster BC at Dawe Shipyards Ltd. Call Sign VDCR
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1927 she was owned by A.M. & O. Transportation Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929 she was owned by the Shell Oil Co. of California Ltd., USA. In 1931-1945 she was owned by the Shell Oil Co. of British Columbia Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1947 she was owned by William C. Gibson, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1948-1949 she was owned by Burrard Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1951-1967 she was owned by Henry McKinnell, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1968-1982 she was owned by Cogswell Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1982 she was owned by Quality Log Booming Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1983-1987 she was owned by Behan Marine Services Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1989-1991 she was owned by Ko-Da Transport Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1992-1995 she was owned by 399097 British Columbia Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1988 she was owned by Grey Gull Transportation Ltd., Surrey BC Canada. In 1997 she was owned by Earth Sea Inns Inc., Lions Bay BC Canada. In 1999-2021 she was owned by Earthsea Inns Inc., Lions Bay BC Canada. In 2021-2024 she was owned by Josh Rock, Ucluelet BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
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Anecdotes
In 1988 this vessel was for sale for $265,000. Terry Slack reports (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 06/12/2014) that "The Burnaco tied up under the North End of Knight Street Bridge on the North Arm of the Fraser River and transported Boom Chains etc. back to upcoast logging camps ! I loved her musical whistle playing "Camp town Races " as this vesselheaded home to her dock in the North Arm !" Don Hall (Email to Nauticapedia 09/02/2021) stated "The Burnaco was being used as a bed & breakfast at Hot Springs Cove, Vancouver Island, where it burned and sank." This story is inaccurate and the new owner Josh Rock states "I (Josh Rock) purchased the vessel in 2021 from "earth sea inns" for $245,000 . She is still operating as a floating bed and breakfast , but in Ucluelet now, not Hot Springs Cove anymore. I'm not sure where the burnt down info came from, but it's incorrect. She is alive and well."
 
References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 12 (1929); Canada List of Shipping; John Rock (Email to Nauticapedia 13/03/2024);
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