Ship Details

M.542 Retriever (R.C.A.F.)

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Registry #1 178204 (Canada) Registry #2 M.542 (RCAF) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 M.542 Retriever (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 1947 Retriever (II) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Dollarton Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 147.2' x 42.5' x 9.3'
Builder McKenzie Barge & Derrick Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 681 Type 1 Barge, Aircraft Transport
Registered Tonnage 681 Type 2 Barge, crane & derrick
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Non-powered
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # M.542 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1946 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946-1949 she was owned by the Francis Millerd & Company Ltd., Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1949-1973 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1973-01-05
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was employed by the RCAF at Patricia Bay BC. At the end of the Second World War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC. This vessel was beached and abandoned.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 08/01/2018); RG 12 Reel T-11859 (1973) (Retriever II); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11859/392?r=0&s=6 ;
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