Ship Details
Sea Belle III Photo Credit: BCFS Photo in the Rob McLaren Collection

 

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 Canada. In 1932 she was owned by James B. Hoffar, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1933 she was owned by Earl Jeffreys, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1937 she was owned by Frederick G. Deeley, Vancouver BC Canada. 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 Canada. In 1957-1958 she was owned by Charles H. Hudson, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1960 she was owned by Patrick T. Dahle, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1963 she was owned by James Kavanaugh, New Westminster BC Canada. In 1966 owned by John D. Willis, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972 she was owned by Delmar Y. Fowler, Queen Charlotte City BC Canada. In 1974 she was owned by Pat H. Hennigan, Queen Charlotte City BC Canada. In 1976 she was owned by George R. Viereck, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1978 she was owned by Axel S. Hanson, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1980 she was owned by Edgar D. Parmiter, Port Simpson BC Canada. In 1980 she was owned by Virginia Marshall, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1981 she was renamed as White Spruce. In 1981-1992 she was owned by Leslie W. Koleszar, Powell River BC Canada.

 

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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