Ship Details
M.235 Huron (R.C.A.F.) Photo Credit: George Schneider

 

Registry #1	189288 (Canada)	Registry #2	M.235 (RCAF)	Registry #3	B.162 (RCAF)
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1941	M.235 Huron (R.C.A.F.)	Name 6
Name 2	1958	Marborene	Name 7
Name 3	1967	Seaward (II)	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1941	Place	Montreal	Area	QC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Sir Hubert Scott-Paine	Measurement (imp)	68.3' x 19.3' x 8'
Builder	Canadian Power Boat Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	20.82m x 5.88m x 2.44m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	79.04	Type 1	Work Boat
Registered Tonnage	53.75	Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	2-1350hp V-12 engines (up to 47 knots) (1941)	Engine Manufacture	Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit MI USA
Repower	Repowered with 2-300bhp 671 GM diesels (1959)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1959 she was rebuilt at Bel-Aire Shipyard Ltd., Vancouver BC to 20.82m x 5.88m x 2.44m	Call Sign	G3AT
Pendant  #	M.235 / B.111 / B.162	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1941 she was built as a Royal Canadian Air Force rescue and hospital boat for service with the Western Air Command Marine Squadron based at Vancouver BC. In 1941-1947 owned by the Minister of National Defence, Ottawa ON. (Not listed in Canada List of Shipping prior to 1958). In 1958-1964 she was owned by George B. Fay, Vancouver BC. In 1965 she was owned by Robert Osborne (Osborne Propellor), Vancouver BC. In 1966-1974 she was owned by Tank Truck Service, Burnaby BC. In 1975-1977 owned by Columbia Charters & Skeena Charters Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1978 owned by Skeena Marketing, Vancouver BC. In 1979-1989 she was owned by Thomas F. Orr, Vancouver, BC. In 1990-1997 she was owned by Hector John G. MacFarlane, Vancouver BC. In 1998-2018 she was owned by Richard G. Tidder, Vancouver BC. In 2019-2020 she was owned by Richard Tidder, Madeira Park BC.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2020	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Hull- mahogany. Frames- oak . Decks- teak . Cabin- mahogany . Cabin Configuration: flush deck motor yacht. (In 1990 this vessel was designated as a British Columbia Vintage Vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.)

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Freeman, David J. (2000); Weicht, Chris (1997)
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