Ship Details
Helac II Photo Credit: Vancouver Archives

 

Registry #1	154930 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1928	Helac II	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	53.6' x 16.3' x 7.3'
Builder	Vancouver Dredging & Salvage Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	16.3m x 5m x 2.2m
Hull	Composite	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	44.29	Type 1	Tug, salvage
Registered Tonnage	27.89	Type 2
Engine	175bhp gasoline engine (1928)	Engine Manufacture	Hall-Scott Motor Car Co., Berkeley CA USA
Repower	Repowered with a 140bhp diesel engine Superior Engine Co., Springfield, OH (1930)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	V093A	Masters	Joe Olsen (RCMP);

 

Owner(s)
In 1928-1945 she was owned by Vancouver Drydock & Salvage Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1933 she was chartered by the RCMP. In 1945-1965 she was owned by Dumaresq Brothers Ltd., Allison Harbour BC. In 1965-2004 she was owned by Belize Forest Products Ltd., Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2004-11-08

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 11 (1928); Canada List of Shipping; RG12 Reel T-11583 (Helac II); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/11/2018);
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