Ship Details

M.616 Shearwater (R.C.A.F.)

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Registry #1 M.616 (RCAF) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 M.616 Shearwater (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Ariel II (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Gravenhurst Area ON Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 28.0' x 9.3' x 4.9'
Builder Greavette Boats Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 8.1 Type 1 Range Boat (Type III)
Registered Tonnage 5.51 Type 2 Work Boat
Engine 1- 270bhp gasoline engine (1942) Engine Manufacture Gray Motor Marine Co., Detroit MI
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # M.616 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942-1945 she was built for the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1945 she was sold to J.E. Malkin, Vancouver, BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named after a medium-sized long-winged seabird
 
Anecdotes
At the end of the Second World War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC.
 
References
Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/07/2018); RG 12 Series A-1 Box Accn 1994-95/727 29 File 9250-33 Pt2 Vessels Disposed of by Crown Assets;
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