Ship Details
Edgewater Fortune Photo Credit: George Schneider

 

Registry #1	327255 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1954	Fortune (H.M.C.S.)	Name 6	2017	Fortune 151
Name 2	1954	Fortune (II)	Name 7
Name 3	1966	Offshore	Name 8
Name 4	1970	Edgewater Fortune	Name 9
Name 5	2015	151 Water Street	Name 10

 

Year Built	1954	Place	Victoria	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	147.6' x 28.0' x 13.2'
Builder	Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	44.99m x 8.53m x 4.02m
Hull	Composite	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	502.55	Type 1	Minesweeper, Bay-class
Registered Tonnage	274.36	Type 2	Passenger vessel
Engine	2-615bhp diesel engines (1954)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Bill Earnshaw (1966);

 

Owner(s)

In 1954 she was owned by the Minister of National Defence, Ottawa ON. In 1954 she was commissioned as H.M.C.S. Fortune. After being decommissioned from the Royal Canadian Navy she was sold into private ownership. In 1966-1969 she was owned by Offshore Marine Services Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1969-1970 she was owned by Offshore Geophysical Services Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1970 she was owned by Arthur J. Prowal (MO), New Westminster BC. In 1970-2015 she was owned by Edgewater Pacific Navigation Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 2015-2017 she was owned by Michael & Janice Fournier, White Rock BC. In 2018-2023 she was owned by 1124390 B.C. Ltd., Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2023	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1970 this vessel was chartered by Greenpeace to replace the Phyllis Cormack in the protest against the US underground nuclear tests at Amchitka AK. this vessel was dubbed as the "Greenpeace Too." Delayed by foul weather the protesters missed the blast.

 

References
Brown, Michael and John May (1989); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11929/360?r=0&s=4 ;
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