Ship Details

Billmor

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Photo Credit: Jane Gardner

 
 
Registry #1 154670 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1921 Billmor Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1921 Place Rivers Inlet Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 42.7' x 11.9' x 4.8'
Builder Uyeda, Sankichi Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 18 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 12 Type 2 Work Boat
Engine 3hp engine (1927) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 55hp Union engine (1953c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1921-1928 she was owned by Billmor Spruce Mills & J.R. Morgan & W.E. Williams, Vancouver BC. In 1928-1931 she was owned by J.R. Morgan Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1931-1932 she was owned by Northern B.C. Power Co. Ltd., Prince Rupert BC. In 1932-1952 she was owned by James Donaldson, Port Essington BC. In 1953-1977 she was owned by Philip Turner, Queen Charlotte City BC. In 1979-1999 she was owned by Arthur Christensen, Queen Charlotte City BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1999-10-18
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Bruce Wishart states (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 12/06/2017) that "Jimmy Donaldson acquired the Billmor as part of a deal for work he did for Northern B.C. Power, in 1932. He did a variety of contracts with her, including four years on fishing patrol on Haida Gwaii and a contract to run mail up to Falls River. In one of the most famous stories about Jimmy, he took her through the snowshed at Mile 56 on the Skeena during the 1936 flood. In 1952, with the launch of Donaldson Logging, Jimmy took over the famous Two Rivers, built at Skeena City and Port Essington in 1926 by Sankichi Uyeda for Jimmy and his brother Stuart, and sold the Billmor. Quite a famous northern boat!" Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 14/02/2019) states that "This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. this vessel was however not mobilized for active duty during the Second World War."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Bruce Wishart states (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 12/06/2017) ; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 24/07/2018) ; RG12 Reel T-11575 (Billmor) RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization Volume 1;
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