Ship Details

Lillian D.

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Registry #1 152664 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1925 Lillian D. Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1925 Place Prince Rupert Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 55.9' x 12.2' x 9.0'
Builder Prince Rupert Dry Dock & Shipyards Co. Measurement (metric) 17.03m x 3.73m x 2.36m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 36 Type 1 Patrol Vessel
Registered Tonnage 10 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 60hp semi-diesel engine (1925) Engine Manufacture Vickers-Petter & Petter
Repower In 1936 she was repowered with an Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Co. 4 cylinder 80bhp engine. In 1942 she was repowered with a 85hp engine salvaged from the P.Z. Caverhill. Repowered with a 165hp engine Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1942 she was rebuilt by the B.C. Forest Service Maintenance Depot. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1925-1962 she was owned by the Minister of Lands and Forests for the Province of British Columbia, Victoria BC. In 1963-1965 she was owned by the Minister of Lands and Forests and Water Resources, Victoria BC. In 1965-1970 she was owned by Arthur R. Poole (MO), Vancouver BC.. In 1971-1972 she was owned by Sky Line Enterprises Ltd. (Arthur Poole), Vancouver BC. In 1973 she was owned by Sky Line Enterprises Ltd. (Neil Dube), Vancouver BC. In 1980-1982 she was owned by Sky Line Enterprises Ltd. (Doug Mery), Vancouver BC. In 1985-2004 she was owned by Sky Line Enterprises Ltd. (Bill & Frankie Beckwith), Vancouver BC. In 2005-2016 she was owned by Sky Line Enterprises Ltd. (Jane Stewart), Richmond BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1956 this vessel was rammed by the Sea Queen III. Red cedar hull above waterline, fir planking below, gumwood sheath to above the waterline. Yellow cedar frames on oak ribs. Wheelhouse, upper saloon area, main deck, galley in stern, lower saloon midships, owners cabin forward. In 1991 this vessel was designated as a Vintage Vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia. In 2014 Jane Stewart reported that: "The vessel was bought by Arthur Poole in 1965 and used to continue his trade as a salesman travelling the coast of B.C. servicing all the stores in the remote communities between Vancouver Island to Stewart, across to the Queen Charlotte Islands and back down the West Coast of Vancouver Island. The following owners of the vessel continued to do the same business, however as the years went on, the remote trade dwindled. When I bought the vessel in 1994, my ex and I realized that just supplying the Band Stores was insufficient to support the business and we turned the business over to a strictly retail general store allowing the First Nations people in the remote villages to come aboard and shop. We made the trip from Richmond to Prince Rupert and back three times a year taking about 7 weeks per trip." In 2017 this vessel was schedule to be broken up in Burnaby BC at Shelter Island Marina.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Jane Stewart-Nauticapedia 16/06/2014); Photo Courtesy of Jane Stewart; Coney, Michael (1983);
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