Ship Details

Yorkeen

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Photo Credit: Chaz Hiltz

 
 
Registry #1 176474 (Canada) Registry #2 Q.125 (RCN) Registry #3 ML.125 (RCN)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 Q-125 (H.M.C. M.L.) Name 6 1957c Jormholm
Name 2 1943 M.L. 125 (H.M.C. M.L.) Name 7 1978 Gulfstream II
Name 3 1946c Malibu Tillikum Name 8
Name 4 1953c Yorkeen Name 9
Name 5 (nk) Campana Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 107.6' x 17.9' x 6.9'
Builder Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd. Measurement (metric) 32.80m x 5.46m x 2.10m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 163.06 Type 1 Patrol Vessel
Registered Tonnage 91.03 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 2-900hp diesel engines (1943) Engine Manufacture Sterling Engine Co., Buffalo NY USA
Repower Repowered after the Second World War with 2-225hp 6/72 Gray Marine diesel engines Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CZDQ
Pendant  # Q.125; ML.125 Masters Captain David Holsworth (I was the skipper from about 1981 to 1990, and again in 1994 to around 1997.)
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1945 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1945-1952 she was owned by Hamiltair Ltd. In 1953 she was owned by McKeen Scows Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1958-1961 she was owned by Norman A. Dutton, Calgary AB Canada. In 1962-1967 she was owned by Norman A. Dutton, Calgary AB Canada. In 1968-1969 she was owned by Seaboard Yacht Brokers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975-1976 she was owned by Dillon Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1977 she was owned by Kanish Marine Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1978-1979 she was owned by Gulfstream Cruises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1980-1984 she was owned by Seaport Charters Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1985 she was owned by Alandrew Holdings Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1986-2014 she was owned by R.A.P. Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2016-2018 she was owned by Lili Gillis, Calgary AB Canada. In 2019 she was owned by Randy Crossan, St. Albert AB Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Nick Newell states (Email to Nauticapedia 08/10/2016) that "On the TV news Friday night they showed several boats aground in Sechelt one of them is the Gulfstream II laying on her port side with about five or six feet of her bottom showing." R.S. Crossan states that "The Gulfstream II survived running aground in Porpoise Bay, BC. This vessel is afloat at her private morage in Porpoise Bay, BC. Her current owner (2017) is Lili Gillis of Sechelt, BC." this vessel sank in Porpoise Bay on September 7th, 2018.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; McKee, Fraser (2014); (Email (Nick Newell-Nauticapedia 08/10/2016); https://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/gulfstream-two-other-boats-sink-in-porpoise-bay-1.23426697;
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