Ship Details

Nimpkish II (R.C.A.F.)

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Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 YAG.314 (RCN) Registry #2 M.975 (RCAF) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1954 YFP-314 (CNAV) Name 6
Name 2 1960 M.975 Nimpkish II (R.C.A.F.) Name 7
Name 3 1978 YAG-314 Name 8
Name 4 1980 Y.A.G. 314 (Caribou) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1954 Place Silva Bay Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 75' x 18.5' x 4.5'
Builder Withey's Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 22.86m x 5.69m x 2.57m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 63.87 Type 1 Naval Yard Craft
Registered Tonnage 47.9 Type 2 Supply Vessel (Type III)
Engine 2-149kw diesel engines Engine Manufacture Detroit Diesel Corporation
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # YAG.314; M.975; YFP.314 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1954 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy as YFP 314. In 1960 she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Airforce at Holberg BC and was renamed M.975 Nimpkish II. In 1965 she was administratively transferred to the RCN, but remained at Holberg as Nimpkish II. In 1978 she was transferred to the CFB Comox Sea Survival School. She was renamed as YFP-314. She was renamed as YAG-314.She was unofficially known as CFAV Caribou. She was sold in 2011.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel served the needs of the base at Holberg from 1960 and in search and rescue roles. This vessel transported 369 people from Port Alice after the town was hit by disastrous mud slides November 1975. This vessel functioned as the school bus for CFB Holberg dependent children. This vessel was replaced by the Cape Scott III in 1978.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018);
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