Biografía
In 1876 he served in HMS Conway (Merchant Training School Ship).
He served as an Apprentice in 1878 in the full rigged ship Star of France (a jute clipper).
He served as Third Mate in the Micronesia and was eventually the Master. The Micronesia was destroyed by fire while under tow in the English Channel. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner.) In 1910 he served in the Canadian Hydrographic Service during the First World War as Chief Officer in the CGS Lillooet (hydrographic surveys in the Queen Charlotte Islands 1912-1915).
He served in H.M.C.S. Naden (schooner).
He commanded the Casco in 1921.
From 1922-1923 he was in charge of the Hudsons Bay Company experiment in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. During this time he narrowly escaped imprisonment by both White and Red revolutionary forces there.
He commanded the Janet Carruthers, the E.D. Kingsley, the Salvor, and lastly the West Vancouver Ferry. (He was retired in 1930 to Lasqueti Island BC.) (He died at his daughter's home in Portland OR USA).
Servicio militar
He was appointed as a Cadet RNR.
In 1876-1878 he attended HMS Conway (Merchant Navy training establishment). (He was mobilized for First World War service).
He was appointed as a Chief Skipper RNCVR in 1914.
He served in HMCS Rainbow for Gunnery and Signals Training 1914. (He was released in 1914 to join the Canadian Hydrographic Service.)
Embarcaciones poseídas / diseñadas
Naden;
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Lugares nombrados
Beavis Islets (BC); Beavis Point (BC);
Anécdotas
Captain Beavis was born about 1864.
He joined H.M.S. Conway (merchant navy training establishment) as a Cadet in 1876.
He served as an Apprentice in 1878 in the full rigged ship Star of France.
He served as Third Mate in the Micronesia and was eventually the Master.
He was qualified as a Master Mariner.
In 1910 he served in the Canadian Hydrographic Service during the First World War as Chief Officer in the Lillooet and in H.M.C.S. Naden. Beavis served briefly in the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve (RNCVR) as a Chief Skipper in 1914.
He served in HMCS Rainbow for Gunnery and Signals Training in 1914.
He was released in 1914.
He commanded the Casco in 1921.
From 1922–1923 he was in charge of the Hudson’s Bay Company trading experiment in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. During this time there he narrowly escaped imprisonment by both White and Red revolutionary forces.
He commanded the Janet Carruthers, the E.D. Kingsley, the Salvor, and lastly the West Vancouver Ferry.
He retired to Lasqueti Island and died in Portland OR on 01/01/1940.
Referencias
- Beavis, L.R.W. (Ed. By Mary S. Kline) (1986)
- Beavis, L.R.W. (1938)
- BCELP Geographical Place Names Cards Correspondence To/From BC Chief Geographer
- nauticapedia.ca ↗ (Captain Lancelot R.W. Beavis)
