Vessels Built by Turner Boat Works Ltd.

compiled by John M. MacFarlane 2015

They were a boat building company located in Vancouver BC. It started on Coal Harbour about 1897. William Turner, Jr., was a boat builder who operated Turner's Boat Works with his father, William Harold Turner, Sr. (1867-1951). Turner, Sr. came to Canada in 1888 and established Turner's Boat Works in 1908. He retired in 1942, his son then operated the shipyard. In 1943, a fire destroyed the shipyard, but it was rebuilt and continued to operate until 1958, when the younger Turner retired.

88 matches. 2 pages. Max 50 records per page.
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Name Registration Vessel Type Year Built
A.R. 194689 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1948
Aldebaran (II) 188327 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1955
Andy's Bay 190626 (Canada) Tug, yarding 1949
Ar Bon Ve Jay 192042 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1949
Archie and Fontie 106742 (US) Schooner, two-masted 1890
Blue Moon III 194676 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1952
Bolinder (II) 310363 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1957
Bucktail 198636 (Canada) Yacht 1955
Bunty II 197371 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1941
Carpe Diem (III) 194910 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1951
Champagne (I) 188327 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1955
Charlene B. 192862 (Canada) Yacht 1950
Cheam (III) 190577 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1947
Dan-Bob (I) 189202 (Canada) Yacht 1956
Dan-Bob (II) 192074 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1949
Deb-Jean 188644 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1956
Diz 195435 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1952
E.E. Jay No. 2 198982 (Canada) Tug 1955
Elizabeth Victoria 192862 (Canada) Yacht 1950
Elsie Ruth 190582 (Canada) Yacht 1948
Eva V (I) 179620 (Canada) Work Boat 1947
Eva V II 195454 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1953
Evohn 189282 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1957
Fair Isle 312103 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1957
Flying (II) 194198 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1951
Flying Comet 197388 (Canada) Work Boat 1954
Flying Express 195212 (Canada) Work Boat 1952
Flying Saucer III 188665 (Canada) Work Boat 1956
Flying Spray II 194198 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1951
Gail R. 195454 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1953
Gold Master 190618 (Canada) Work Boat 1948
Grace Darling (III) (Canada) Tug 1923
Gunga Din 310422 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1958
Hana II 313724 (Canada) Yacht 1951
Horseshoe Bay Flyer 197362 (Canada) Work Boat 1953
Hunechin Chief 189216 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1956
Hurco 197705 (Canada) Work Boat 1954
Jacque 197842 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1954
Jay-Eff (I) 192074 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1949
Jay-Eff (II) 197406 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1954
Jaycee 194212 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1951
Kitamike 192074 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1949
Lazy Mary 189253 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1951
Linda Lou III 198628 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1955
Maggie M. 198925 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1953
Mar-Dee 189236 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1956
March E. 192074 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1949
Mardred B. 172559 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1932
Marod 190285 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1948
Mary Anne (I) (Canada) Work Boat 1940

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