Ship Details
Western Girl (R.C.A.S.C.) Photo Credit: Bernard Remmem

 

Registry #1	174070 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.16 (RCN)	Registry #3	Z.57 (RCN)
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	20895

 

Name 1	1942	Western Girl (R.C.A.S.C.)	Name 6
Name 2	1949	Western Girl	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1942	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	73.7' x 21.2' x 9.6'
Builder	W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	22.5m x 6.5m x 2.9m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	100.32	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	60.86	Type 2	Work Boat
Engine	300hp engine (1942)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 340hp diesel engine (2004c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.16; Z.57	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1944 she was a transport vessel owned by the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. In 1942 as a seiner she was owned by Charles Clarke, Vancouver BC Canada. From 1942 to 1944 she vessel was leased to the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. From 1954-1969 she was owned by Nils Larsen, Vancouver BC Canada. From 1969 to 1972 she was owned by William Bondrick From 1972-1989 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2004-2010 she was owned by Jim Pattison Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2010-04-16

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was a R.C.A.S.C. Supply Ship Vancouver, this vesselsupplied the Army Units at Bella Bella BC Canada.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Freeman, David J. (2000); Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 29/08/2016); RG12 Reel T-11600 (Western Girl); RG12 Volume 842 File 9015-W22 Requisitioning Of Ships - War Measures - Western Girl; RG24 Series D-11 Volume 11838 File 8000-147/2 [Flag Officer Pacific Coast] - General information - Army vessels; DHH 8000 Series Box 178 File 046 WESTERN GIRL - Correspondence and memoranda
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