Histoire
This minesweeper was built in 1942 by Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma WA.
Notes historiques
This vessel could be YMS-431 or YMS-432. This vessel was once billed as the "largest fishing vessel in British Columbia".
In 1964 this vessel was in service seining, dragging and halibut fishing. On March 22, 1975 this vessel foundered and sank carrying a full cargo of 250 tons of herring off Estevan Point on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Her crew of six was safely picked up by the Wind Song 8.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1942 she was owned by the United States Navy.
In 1949 she was owned by William C. Gibson, Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1956-1961 she was owned by Straits Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1964 she was owned by Ray Lund, Victoria BC Canada.
In 1965 she was owned by Burrard Fishing Co., Victoria BC as a fishboat.
In 1970 she was owned by McKay-Cormack Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1970-1973 she was owned by H.B. Nickerson & Sons Ltd., North Sydney NS Canada.
In 1973-1975 she was owned by East West Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
Capitaines
Captain M.J. MacDonald (1949); Captain Ray Lund (1964);
Reconstructions
In 1964 she was rebuilt at McKay-Cormack Ltd.
Remotorisation
Repowered in 1970 with 2-340bhp diesel engines by General Motors Corp.
Références
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993)
- Canada List of Shipping
- H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1976 (Ed. Gordon Newell) 1977
- List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document)
- heritage.canadiana.ca ↗
- Times Colonist (Victoria BC) Saturday March 22, 1975 page 2
- The Province (Vancouver BC) Monday March 24, 1975 page 25
