Ship Details

M.290 Kittiwake (R.C.A.F.)

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Photo Credit: Vancouver Archives

 
 
Registry #1 176759 (Canada) Registry #2 M.290 (RCAF) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 M.290 Kittiwake (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Lody Name 7
Name 3 1947 Flicker Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Montreal Area QC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 38.2' x 8.2' x 4.5'
Builder Canadian Power Boat Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 11.6m x 2.5m x 1.4m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 10.39 Type 1 Range Boat (Type III)
Registered Tonnage 7.07 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 3 – 345bhp gasoline engines (1942) Engine Manufacture Chrysler Corp., Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign Y8OG
Pendant  # M.290 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942 she was built for the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946-1966 she was owned by The Minister of Public Works, Ottawa ON. In 1966 she was sold to Robert Campbell, Vancouver, BC. In 1972-2011 she was owned by John Thipthorpe, Burnaby BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
The RCAF employed her at Patricia Bay BC. this vessel was laid up in the boneyard in Bedwell Bay, Burrard Inlet after the Second World War.
 
References
Weicht, Chris (1997); MacDonald, C. & D. Drake, J. Doerksen, M. Cotton (1998); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018); RG12 Series A-1 Accession 1994-95/727 Box 30 File 9250-33 Pt 4 Vessels Disposed of by Crown Assest; RG 24 Volume 4984 File 643-16F-1 Marine Craft - Allotment of Names, Registration and Markings;
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