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Forest Pioneer

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Registry #1 323880 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1948 Forest Pioneer Name 6
Name 2 1977 R.C.S.C.C. Grizzly No. 158 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1948 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 39.0' x 10.2' x 3.7'
Builder A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. Measurement (metric) 11.0m x 3.1m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 9.92 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 6.75 Type 2
Engine 220bhp engine (1948) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1948-1977 she was owned by The Minister of Lands, Forests & Water Resources, Victoria BC. In 1977 she was sold to the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps - an organization that was not eligible to own a registered Canadian vessel. She was then licenced.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Michael Coney (1983) claims in his book that this vessel was originally named Clayhurst, but there does not seem to be evidence for this claim. The Clayhurst was a reaction ferry being built in the same yard around the same time. this conflation of names has been endlessly repeated causing confusion. Christopher Lars British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 26/08/2019) states that "in 2000 this vessel sank in front of the Gillnetter Pub, [in the Fraser River] and this vessel was salvaged."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Coney, Michael (1983); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11865/1060?r=0&s=5 ;
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