Vessel Profile

Y.W. II

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Story

This fishboat, gillnetter was built in 1939c.

Owners & Masters

At the start of the Second World War she was seized from her Japanese owners for service with the British Admiralty Technical Mission. At the time her appraised value was $4,375.

References

Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC.

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