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Audrey B. Photo Credit: Unknown

Ship Details

Audrey B.

Photo Credit: Unknown

Registry #1	154793 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

Name 1	1928	Audrey B.	Name 6
Name 2	1963	Tarfran	Name 7
Name 3	1967	Audrey B.	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

Year Built	1928	Place	Liverpool	Area	NS	Country	Canada

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	109.5' x 20.6' x 8.4'
Builder	Gardner, James S.	Measurement (metric)	33.4m x 6.3m x 2.6m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	109.27	Type 1	Yacht, power Cruiser
Registered Tonnage	65.1	Type 2	Rum runner
Engine	2-180bhp 6-cylinder diesel engines (1928)	Engine Manufacture	Fairbanks Morse Co. Ltd., Three Rivers PQ
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	CYPF
Pendant #		Masters

Owner(s)
In 1935-1939 she was owned by Wilfred George Purchell, William Storr and Watson of Coppermine NWT. In 1939 she was owned by Wifred George Purchell and William Storr. In 1940-1962 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Vancouver BC. In 1962 she was owned by West Coast Salvage and Contracting, Vancouver BC. In 1963-1975 she was owned by the Tarris Family North Vancouver BC. In 1975-1978 she was owned by Harold Allan Trussler, Vancouver BC. In 1978-1979 she was owned by Joesph Christopher Cadham Vancouver BC. In 1979 she was owned by Allan Banner Vancouver BC.

Owner(s)

In 1935-1939 she was owned by Wilfred George Purchell, William Storr and Watson of Coppermine NWT. In 1939 she was owned by Wifred George Purchell and William Storr. In 1940-1962 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Vancouver BC. In 1962 she was owned by West Coast Salvage and Contracting, Vancouver BC. In 1963-1975 she was owned by the Tarris Family North Vancouver BC. In 1975-1978 she was owned by Harold Allan Trussler, Vancouver BC. In 1978-1979 she was owned by Joesph Christopher Cadham Vancouver BC. In 1979 she was owned by Allan Banner Vancouver BC.

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2010-05-28

Named Features
Significance of Name

Anecdotes
Based on Interview - this vessel was an old rumrunner. this vessel was owned by Art Watson, Bill Storr and Slim Purcell who thought they would make big money as traders and trappers in the Arctic. They established a fur trading post at Stypleton Bay and operated a trapline there as well as running the ship as a mobile trading post. Audrey was a former twin screw rum-runner which was taken up to the Western Arctic from British Columbia. This vessel had two bare masts with a square crowsnest and a swordfish bow operating out of Tuktoyaktuk as a trader this vessel proved unsuccessful. - Interview with George Duddy February 2014. This vessel was built as a rum runner in Nova Scotia and operated on the Pacific Coast after being seized and released after posting bond after landing illegal alcohol off New York at Christmas 1930. Although apparently not successful as a trader this vessel did heroic work in the arctic as a charter freighter for the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1936, 1937 and 1938 when their vessels were damaged, sank or could not operate because of extreme ice conditions. After return to Vancouver in 1939 this vessel was converted to a fish packer and operated as such for Nelson Brothers from 1940-1962. this vessel was then sold and became a floating home to the Tarris family and others in North Vancouver. After been sold again this vessel was taken to the Fraser River in the early 1980s where this vesselblew-up, burned and sank just east of Tilbury Island. this vessel was rumored to have been used as a meth lab. - Interview with George Duddy February 2014.

Anecdotes

Based on Interview - this vessel was an old rumrunner. this vessel was owned by Art Watson, Bill Storr and Slim Purcell who thought they would make big money as traders and trappers in the Arctic. They established a fur trading post at Stypleton Bay and operated a trapline there as well as running the ship as a mobile trading post. Audrey was a former twin screw rum-runner which was taken up to the Western Arctic from British Columbia. This vessel had two bare masts with a square crowsnest and a swordfish bow operating out of Tuktoyaktuk as a trader this vessel proved unsuccessful. - Interview with George Duddy February 2014. This vessel was built as a rum runner in Nova Scotia and operated on the Pacific Coast after being seized and released after posting bond after landing illegal alcohol off New York at Christmas 1930. Although apparently not successful as a trader this vessel did heroic work in the arctic as a charter freighter for the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1936, 1937 and 1938 when their vessels were damaged, sank or could not operate because of extreme ice conditions. After return to Vancouver in 1939 this vessel was converted to a fish packer and operated as such for Nelson Brothers from 1940-1962. this vessel was then sold and became a floating home to the Tarris family and others in North Vancouver. After been sold again this vessel was taken to the Fraser River in the early 1980s where this vesselblew-up, burned and sank just east of Tilbury Island. this vessel was rumored to have been used as a meth lab. - Interview with George Duddy February 2014.

References
Photo from Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba Audrey B. [ship] HBCA 1987/363 A33/1)); Canada List of Shipping; Miles, Fraser (1992); Interview with Jack Wood and Sven Johansson by John MacFarlane, Victoria BC 27/08/1991; Lloyd's Register 1947/8; de Poncins, Gontrans (1954); The Audrey B - A Rum Runner With An Arctic Heritage by George Duddy 2014 http://www.nauticapedia.ca/Articles/Audrey_B.php;
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