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Registry #1	158935 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1936	Ethber	Name 6
Name 2	1937	Brendan	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1936	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Robert Allan (Sr.)	Measurement (imp)	39.0' x 11.5' x 6.1'
Builder	W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	11.89m x 3.51m x 1.86m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	23.75	Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage	16.15	Type 2
Engine	4-cylinder diesel engine (1936)	Engine Manufacture	National Gas & Oil Engine co. Ltd.
Repower	Repowered with a 68bhp Buda diesel engine (1946c); Repowered with a Hardner 6LW engine (1951);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	V091J	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1936 she was owned by Albert John Wiles Page, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1937 she was owned by Robert E. Leary, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1939-1949 she was owned by The Minister of Mines & Resources, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1953-1958 she was owned by the Minister of Citizenship & Immigration, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1959-1966 she was owned by Hogan Truck & Equipment Ltd., North Surrey BC Canada. In 1967-1972 she was owned by Allied Auto Radiator Sales Ltd., (Art Clement) Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973 she was owned by Arthur E. Gooding, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1974 she was owned by J. Fraser Arkley and Gail E. Arkley (JO), Gabriola Island BC Canada. In 1975-1997 she was owned by James F. Arkley (MO), West Vancouver BC Canada. In 2001-2024 she was owned by Robert C. Parton, Coquitlam BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1973 this vessel was on charter to the Canada Department of Fisheries. Plank on frame construction, Cedar hull, fir decks, teak cabin and oak frames. Raised foredeck, stateroom and head under, raised pilothouse, two berths, galley starboard, shower to port, dinette starboard, cockpit in stern. Steadying sail. Round bilge displacement hull, carvel planked.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping;
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