Ship Details

Alpine Fir (I)

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Photo Credit: BCFS Photo in the Rob McLaren Collection

 
 
Registry #1 153305 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1926 Alpine Fir (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1926 Place Prince Rupert Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 40.0' x 9.5' x 4.1'
Builder Prince Rupert Dry Dock & Shipyards Co. Measurement (metric) 12.19m x 2.90m x 1.25m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 15.57 Type 1 Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage 10.59 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 1hp engine (1926) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower Repowered with a 16hp Perkins gas engine (1958c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1927 she was rebuilt at Prince Rupert BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1926 she was owned by Minister of Lands & Forests, Victoria BC. In 1931-1945 she was owned by The Minister of Lands, Victoria BC. In 1947-1955 she was owned by John Houlahan, Vancouver BC. In 1955 she was owned by Milton W. Cornish, North Burnaby BC. In 1958-1964 she was owned by Norman E. McLean, North Burnaby BC. In 1965-1967 she was owned by Edgar S. Johnstone, Madeira Park BC. In 1968-1970 she was owned by Alan Fry, Alert Bay BC. In 1971-1977 she was owned by Lloyd Gray, Surrey BC. In 1978-1988 she was owned by Philip Sopow, Burnaby BC and registered at Vancouver BC. In 1989-1994 she was owned by Joseph G. Hogan, Fort McMurray AB. In 1995-2004 she was owned by Dean K. Turner, Nelson BC. In 2006-2022 she was owned by Dean K. Turner and Lynda Lee Dosenberger, Nelson BC.
 
Fate Afloat in 2022 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1927 this vessel was damaged by an explosion. Lynda Lee Dosenberger (Email to Nauticapedia 07/03/2022) stated "Our vessel, the Alpine Fir was a 40 Ft double-ender ex-Forestry Vessel, powered by a 6-cylinder Perkin’s diesel engine. My husband and I purchased the vessel in May 1991, and I started the lengthy process of updating the registry for the Alpine Fir with the Vancouver Shipyards and completed it in 1994. The previous owner to us, Joe Hogan, had the vessel transported from the lower mainland to the Kaslo Shipyard, Kaslo, BC, north end of Kootenay Lake, in approximately 1987. The Alpine Fir had a heater fire on it in January 1991, causing surface and electrical damage, we purchased it as a salvage sale and I did the demolition and my husband, a TJ carpenter rebuilt the damaged areas. Once repaired and ready for inspection, I registered the vessel in our names in 1994. We owned the Alpine Fir for over 17 years from May 1991 to 2008 approximately. The vessel was later sold to a Brian Meyers, who never re-registered the vessel with Ships registry in his name."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Coney, Michael (1983); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11864/99?r=0&s=5 ; Email (Lynda Dosenberger - Nauticapedia 07/03/2022);
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