| In 1975 while under Captain R. Dickinson, Master, this vessel made an West to East Transit of the Northwest Passage, (This was the first known transit through Fury & Hecla Straits. The vessel circumnavigated North America. Captain Robin Jones was her Master in 1975. He made a West to East Transit of the Norh West Passage. During this transit the vessel circumnavigated North America. This vessel was laid up in Victoria BC in 1988 until this vessel was sold to a French firm in 1994. In 1985 this vessel was chartered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans from NorthLake ShippingLtd. and used specifically as a Pisces IV submersible support vehicle. This vessel foundered in 2002. Christian Krajewski (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 17/02/2021) stated " On July 5, 1976, at 1 p.m., a two-seater interceptor CF-101 VOODOO crashed at sea a few seconds after takeoff, 6 nautical miles off Cape Lazo. The next day, YSF 217 was requisition with her crew and equipped with a SIDE SCAN sonar, a deepwater camera, a LORAN receiver and the addition of 5 Regular forces personnel from MARLANT. After 6 days, YSF located the Voodoo that had crash, killing the pilot Capt Les Cox and the navigator Capt Roy Smith. The Pandora II, arrived on the scene, on July 11, with the Pisces V deepwater submersible in her hangar." |
