Ship Details
Tamarack (I) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	154550 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1927	B.C.P. 42	Name 6
Name 2	1933	Miss Vivian	Name 7
Name 3	1938	Tamarack (I)	Name 8
Name 4	1976	Freedom Found	Name 9
Name 5	1985	Tamarack IV	Name 10

 

Year Built	1927	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	47.0' x 13.7' x 6.5'
Builder	Leslie, Charles	Measurement (metric)	15.8m x 4.3m x 2.0m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	29.73	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	20.22	Type 2
Engine	2.5nhp engine (1927)	Engine Manufacture	Vivian Diesels & Munitions Ltd., Vancouver BC
Repower	Repowered with a 3nhp engine (1938); 165hp GM engine (1957c); In 1992 she was re-engined	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1938 she was rebuilt by Forest Service.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1927-1932 she was owned by the Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1933-1937 she was owned by William Vivian, Vancouver BC. In 1938 she was owned by the Minister of Lands, Victoria BC. In 1958-1976 she was owned by the Minister of Lands & Forests, Victoria BC. In 1976 she was transferred to Attorney General, Victoria BC. In 1984 she was owned by Attorney General, Victoria BC. In 1985-1986 she was owned by Gordon & Laura Nelson, Vancouver BC. In 1987-1999 she was owned by Gordon Nelson, Vancouver BC. In 2000-2006 she was owned by Terry & Carol Neill, Deer Harbour WA USA.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2000-11-10

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Hull- Fir and oak (Displacementhull, carvel planked). Frames- Oak. Decks- Fir. Cabin- Plywood. Cabin Configuration: tri-cabin, wheelhouse amidships. (In 1990 this vessel was designated as a British Columbia Vintage Vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.)

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927); Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; Coney, Michael (1983);
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