Ship Details
Vector (C.C.G.S.) Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	328079 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#	6717760	MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1967	Vector (C.C.G.S.)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1967	Place	Esquimalt	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	130.0' x 30.7' x 14.3'.
Builder	Yarrows Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	516	Type 1	Research vessel
Registered Tonnage	187	Type 2
Engine	800bhp T/S diesel engine (1967)	Engine Manufacture	General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower	Repowered with 4-145bhp diesel engines	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	CGBW
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Charlie Macauley;

 

Owner(s)
In 1967-1970 she was owned by the Canada Department of Mines & Surveys, Ottawa ON. In 1979-1980 she was owned by The Minister of Environment, Ottawa ON. In 1989-2019 she was owned by The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa ON.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2019	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1967-2019 this vessel was based at the Institute of Ocean Sciences at Sidney BC.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Maginley, C.D. & B. Collin (2001);
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