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M.497 Kimsquit (R.C.A.F.)

M.497 Kimsquit (R.C.A.F.)
写真: Marilyn Guille

物語

This supply vessel (type ii) was built in 1944 by Newcastle Ship Building Co. Ltd. in Nanaimo, BC.

歴史的注記

This vessel was a sister to M.596 Hesquiat (R.C.A.F.).

In 1949 this vessel was employed as a Whale Catcher at the Coal Harbour Whaling Station on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

In 2017 this vessel was broken up at the Arrow Shipyard.

所有者と船長

In 1944-1946 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Air Force (Royal Canadian Air Force) Marine Division.

In 1946-1947 she was owned by Robert E. Walker, Vancouver BC Canada.

In 1947-1961 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

In 1961-1978 she was owned by The Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

In 1979-1997 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada.

In 2001-2019 she was owned by Jim Pattison Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

船長

Captain Jack Haan (1949);

名前の由来

Named for Kimsquit Lake BC.

動力換装

Repowered in 1969 with a 400hp diesel engine by Caterpillar Tractor Corp., Peoria IL USA.

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