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P.Z. Caverhill

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Registry #1 155274 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 90230
 
Name 1 1929 Yurinohana Name 6
Name 2 1935 P.Z. Caverhill Name 7
Name 3 1951 Janet C. Name 8
Name 4 1980c Sleek Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1929 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 71.9' x 12.6' x 6.2'
Builder Harbour Boat Builders Ltd. Measurement (metric) 21.91m x 3.8m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 39 Type 1 Freighter
Registered Tonnage 26 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 13hp engine (1929) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 840bhp diesel (three engines (2 gas for speed and 1 diesel for cruising) ); In 1935 she was repowered with Twin 80hp Atlas-Imperial diesel engines. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1935 she was rebuilt at Thurston Bay BC by British Columbia Forest Service to 42.69gt 21.78rt Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1929 she was owned by John Henry McKee, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929-1934 she was owned by Erskine G. Woodside, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1935 she was owned by Harold Orr (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1935-1941 she was a headquarters launch owned by Minister of Lands & Forests, Victoria BC for the British Columbia Forest Service. In 1941-1943 she was owned by B.C. Wharf & Machinery Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1943 she was owned by John Steffich (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1947 she was owned by Leo Marchiori, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1950 she was owned by Jorgen Casperson, Bella Coola BC Canada. In 1954-1964 she was owned by Johannes Egelund Jr., Sidney BC Canada. In 1964-1967 she was owned by Thompson Valley Investments Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1968 she was owned by Rosa I. MacGregor, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1975 she was owned by Murray L. Hillier (MO), Delta BC Canada. In 1980 she was owned by Sleek Athletic Society (The), Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2008-02-26
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Yurinohana is Japanese for "Flower of the East". P.Z. Caverhill was named for the Chief Forester of British Columbia 1920-35.
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was operated in rum runner shore boat service. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). In 1941 the engine removed and installed in Lillian D., her hull was sold. In 1941 this vessel was in collision with the CPR steamship Princess Charlotte. In 1945 this vessel collided with a US vessel in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and sank.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 12 (1929); Miles, Fraser (1992); Coney, Michael (1983); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11925/782?r=0&s=4 ;
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