Ship Details
Cascade (I) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	112243 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1902	Cascade (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1945	Brentwood (I)	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1902	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	95.0' x 22.6' x 7.6'
Builder	Cates, George E.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	102.01	Type 1	Ferry, Passenger
Registered Tonnage	81.17	Type 2	Freighter
Engine	16rhp compound 2-cylinder engine (1902)	Engine Manufacture	McKie & Baxter, Glasgow Scotland UK
Repower	In 1933 she was re-engined with a 144hp Gardner diesel motor. In 1945 she was repowered with a Cummins engine. In 1949 she was repowered by a 130hp engine. She was repowered with a 152hp engine. In 1962 she was re-engined.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1933 she was rebuilt to carry automobiles. In 1945 she was rebuilt and repowered. In 1949 she was rebuilt as a cargo vessel. In 1959 she was converted to a coastal freighter. In 1960 she was rebuilt at Sterling Shipyard Vancouver BC as a freighter.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Kennard (1920)

 

Owner(s)

In 1902 she was owned by Cascade Freight & Towing Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1905 she was owned by J.H. McNab et al., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1908 she was owned by Leeming Bros., Victoria BC (Cascade Freighting & Towing Co.). In 1910-1913 she was owned by the Steamer Cascade Co., Victoria BC Canada. In 1914-1915 she was owned by Cascade Transportation Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1919-1945 she was owned by Cascade Freighting & Towing Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1945-1970 she was owned by Coast Ferries Ltd. She was withdrawn from Mill Bay - Brentwood Bay service In 1960 she was owned by Gulf Islands Navigation Co. In 1961-1970 she was owned by Coast Ferries Ltd., Vancouver BC for Vancouver -Johnstone Strait service. In 1970 the hull was sold to Rutter & Fitling, New Westminster BC Canada. In 1978 she was sold to Gentry Cedar Products Ltd., Vancouver BC for use as a floating bunkhouse.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1970-12-24

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 1969 this vesselcapsized and was beached at Garrow Bay, abandoned and declared a constructive loss. Robert Critchley (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 26/07/2019) stated that "This vessel is lingering away in Greasy Bay, Action Sound/Drury Inlet." Later a landslide destroyed most of the hulk. Lonnie Edward Berrow (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 26/07/2019) stated that "there is very little left now."

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11929/160?r=0&s=4 ;
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