Histoire
This fishboat, seiner was built in 1940 by Union Boat Works Ltd. in Vancouver, BC.
Notes historiques
On July 21, 1943, the B.C. Star had left Vancouver with 41.5 tons of gravel, cement and other supplies for a Royal Canadian Air Force construction detachment at Cape St. James off Kunghit Island on the southern tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands. This vessel carried a crew of ten and three passengers. Two days later, the ship put in at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Shearwater near Bella Bella where this vessel took aboard 2.5 tons of cargo and three more passengers. On July 24, the vessel departed for Cape St. James but was never seen or heard from again. Local marine observers believed that an explosion might have sealed the fate of the B.C. Star and its 16 occupants.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1940-1943 she was owned by Nicola Jurincick, Vancouver, BC Canada.
In 1942-1943 she was chartered by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Références
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
- Weicht, Chris (1997)
- Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018)
- LAC RG 12 Reel T-11902 (1943) (B.C. Star)
- LAC RG 12 Vol 772 File 9015-B12 Requisitioning of Ships – War Measures – B.C. STAR
- LAC RG 24 Series D-1-c Volume 5823 File 8000-293/32 General Information – RCAF BC STAR
- Dirk Septer (2018) The Disappearance of the RCAF Supply and Salvage Ship M427 B.C. Star in Nauticapedia www.nauticapedia.ca ↗ (website viewed 13/01/2020)
