Ship Details

White Spruce (II)

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Registry #1 157233 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1932 Sea Belle III Name 6
Name 2 1945 White Spruce Name 7
Name 3 1953 Hedley Name 8
Name 4 1973 Bonaventure III Name 9
Name 5 1981 White Spruce (II) Name 10
 
Year Built 1932 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 40.0' x 10.1' x 6.3'
Builder Harbour Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 18 Type 1 Yacht, power-Cruiser (deck-bridge)
Registered Tonnage 15 Type 2
Engine 75bhp gasoline engine (1932) Engine Manufacture Russell Bros. Ltd., Fort Frances ON
Repower Repowered in 1942 with a 6 cylinder 4 cycle 122bhp Hercules Russel gasoline engine by Russell Bros. Ltd., Fort Frances ON. In 1965 repowered with a Cummins 6 cylinder 150hp diesel engine. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1932 she was owned by Clarence W. Copp, Vancouver BC. In 1932 she was owned by James B. Hoffar, Vancouver BC. In 1933 she was owned by Earl Jeffreys, Vancouver BC. In 1937 she was owned by Frederick G. Deeley, Vancouver BC. In 1945-1947 she was owned by Minister of Lands, Victoria BC (J. H. Blake, mgr.). In 1953 she was owned by Forrest Agnus, Victoria BC. In 1957-1958 she was owned by Charles H. Hudson, Vancouver BC. In 1960 she was owned by Patrick T. Dahle, North Vancouver BC. In 1963 she was owned by James Kavanaugh, New Westminster BC. In 1966 owned by John D. Willis, North Vancouver BC. In 1972 she was owned by Delmar Y. Fowler, Queen Charlotte City BC. In 1974 she was owned by Pat H. Hennigan, Queen Charlotte City BC. In 1976 she was owned by George R. Viereck, Prince Rupert BC. In 1978 she was owned by Axel S. Hanson, Prince Rupert BC. In 1980 she was owned by Edgar D. Parmiter, Port Simpson BC. In 1980 she was owned by Virginia Marshall, Vancouver BC. In 1981 she was renamed as White Spruce. In 1981-1992 she was owned by Leslie W. Koleszar, Powell River BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1999-05-12
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Carvel planked red cedar hull, plumb bow, hard bilges and radiussed transom stern. V-berth stateroom under the focs'le, Wheelhouse over the engine compartment, fuel tanks in the stern. In 1991 this vessel was designated as a Vintage vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 15 (1932); MacFarlane, John M. (1993); Coney, Michael (1983);
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