Ship Details

Walithy I

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Photo Credit: Graydon Gibson

 
 
Registry #1 138689 (Canada) Registry #2 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1917 Walithy I Name 6
Name 2 1938 Odalisque Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1917 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 62.8' x 10.9' x 6.1'
Builder Hoffar Motor Boat Co. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 30.83 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 17.59 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 7nhp gasoline engine (1917) Engine Manufacture Van Blerck Motor Co., Detroit MI USA
Repower Repowered with a 4nhp engine by Lycoming. Repowered with a 165bhp engine (1945); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # V045J Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1917-1921 she was owned by the Walithy Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1921-1934 she was owned by Wallace Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934-1938 she was owned by Clarence Wallace, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1938 she was owned by Pacific Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1938-1941 she was owned by Ellis W.I. Keenleyside, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1941-1944 she was owned by William C. Gibson, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1944-1947 she was owned by Duncan E. Fox (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1947 she was owned by USA interests.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features An odalisque was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. In western European usage, the term came to mean the harem concubine, and refers to the eroticized artistic genre in which a woman is represented mostly or completely nude in a reclining position, often in the setting of a harem. It was part of a fascination with Orientalism, particularly in Great Britain and France.
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel carried a Warrant authorizing her to wear a Blue Ensign.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5534172&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20138689&ecopy=e011446347_254 (website viewed 30/03/2025); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odalisque (website viewed 30/03/2025);
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