Ship Details

Dowager

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Registry #1 157217 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 99550
 
Name 1 1931 P.G.D. No. 2 Name 6
Name 2 1965 Dowager Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1931 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 38.0' x 11.0' x 5.7'
Builder W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 11.58m x 3.35m x 1.74m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 16.2 Type 1 Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage 11.02 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 45hp diesel engine (1931) Engine Manufacture Fairbanks Morse Co., Chicago IL USA
Repower Continental engine; 75hp Detroit Diesel GMC-371 engine; Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1931-1953 she was owned by H.M. the King represented by The Attorney General of British Columbia, Victoria BC Canada. In 1958-1964 she was owned by The Attorney General of BC, Victoria BC Canada. In 1965-1971 she was owned by Paul Dirks & Merrill Dirks, Powell River BC as a charter fishing and cruising vessel. In 1972-1975 she was owned by Barry Ketcheson and Christopher D. Treadwell, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975-1987 she was owned by Christopher D. Treadwell, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1987-1995 she was owned by Harry & Carol Toews, Aldergrove BC Canada. In 1997 she was owned by John H. Moorlag, Powell River BC Canada. In 1999-2004 she was owned by Brian D. Miles, Vancouver BC Canada. In 2011-2015 she was owned by Lesley Anne Moseley, Logan Lake BC Canada. In 2015 she was broken up by Jordan Rowand.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Built for service with the BC Provincial Fish & Game Department and the BC Provincial Police. This vessel was based at Powell River for patrolling from Yaculta Rapids to Sechelt BC. This vessel had a compromise stern, carvel planked fir and cedar hull with white oak frames. The decks in the main cabin were removed and replaced with plywood and insulation. The fore-deck and wheelhouse roof were covered with plywood over existing cedar planking. Originally rigged with a derrick. The entire topside (from rubstrake up) were fibreglassed. (In 2016 this vessel was still listed in the Canada Register of Shipping.)
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 14 (1931)
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