Ship Details
Blue Fjord Photo Credit: John Arnold

 

Registry #1	171629 (Canada)	Registry #2	PML.15 (RCN)	Registry #3	MP.76 (RCMP)
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1939	Milwin (C.G.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1940	P.M.L. 15	Name 7
Name 3	1950	M.L. 15 (R.C.M.P.)	Name 8
Name 4	1959	Blue Fjord	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1939	Place	Victoria	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	51.8' x 15' x 7.2'
Builder	Armstrong Bros. Shipyards	Measurement (metric)	15.79m x 4.57m x 2.19m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	48.72	Type 1	Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage	25.21	Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	1-120bhp diesel engine (1939)	Engine Manufacture	Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower	In 1961 she was re-engined with a 105hp Gray Marine Diesel.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	PML.15; MP.76	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1939 she was owned as tender to the Department of Public Works, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1940-1945 as a police patrol vessel she was owned by BC Attorney General, Victoria BC for the British Columbia Provincial Police. In 1949 she was owned by the Minister of Public Works BC Victoria BC Canada. In 1950-1959 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1959-1970 she was owned by Kaare J. Norgaard, Victoria BC Canada. In 1971-1973 she was owned by Sunshine Coast Boat Charters Ltd., Sidney BC Canada. In 1974-1977 she was owned by Walter Nicholson, Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1978-1980 she was owned by Michael E. Hicks (MO), Port McNeill BC Canada. In 1981-1985 she was owned by Pacific Sea Life Data Inc., Duncan BC Canada. In 1986-1987 she was owned by Alexander B. Morton, Simoom Sound BC Canada. In 1987-2017 she was owned by Blue Fjord Charters Ltd., Ladysmith (and Nanaimo) BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2006-12-03

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel was built of built of red cedar planks on oak frames. On December 3, 2006 this vesselhit a submerged object and sank. Tad Roberts (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 25/09/2015) reports that "this vessel sank close to the head of Toba, wintertime, very cold. Hit a hemlock pole end-on, butt came right into the engine room. This vessel went down in 2 minutes, the owner/skipper was alone, jumped in the tin skiff off the roof. Grabbed a portable generator for heat. Picked up the next morning in not great shape."

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; LAC Reel T-11575 (Blue Fjord ); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/11/2018);
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