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Laur Wayne

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Registry #1 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
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Name 1 1911 Laur Wayne Name 6
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Year Built 1911 Place (nk) Area (nk) Country Canada
 
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Gross Tonnage Type 1 Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage Type 2
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Fate Afloat in 2020 Date 0000-00-00
 
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Anecdotes
MV "Laur Wayne", former flagship of the Loggers' Navy, arriving back in port with Skipper McCuish (BC Lumber Worker, 1941) Built in 1911 by unknown. The "Laur Wayne" left Vancouver on a maiden trip on August 31, 1938, with Arne Johnson and Ted Gunrud, both executive members of the the local. By 1940, the vessel had made about 12 round trips to the Queen Charlottes, over 15,000 miles, with voyages into every inlet and channel between Vancouver and Prince Rupert.
 
References
(Labour History, Vol. 2, Number I, Winter 1979.80); "No Camp Large or Small Will Be Missed, The IWA and the Loggers' Navy in British Columbia, 1935-1945", Richard A. Rajala, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly Vol. 97, No. 3 (Summer, 2006), pp. 115-125.;
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