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Registry #1	155274 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	90230

 

Name 1	1929	Yurinohana	Name 6
Name 2	1935	P.Z. Caverhill	Name 7
Name 3	1951	Janet C.	Name 8
Name 4	1980c	Sleek	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1929	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	71.9' x 12.6' x 6.2'
Builder	Harbour Boat Builders Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	21.91m x 3.8m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	39	Type 1	Freighter
Registered Tonnage	26	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	13hp engine (1929)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 840bhp diesel (three engines (2 gas for speed and 1 diesel for cruising) ); In 1935 she was repowered with Twin 80hp Atlas-Imperial diesel engines.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1935 she was rebuilt at Thurston Bay BC by British Columbia Forest Service to 42.69gt 21.78rt	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1929 she was owned by John Henry McKee, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929-1934 she was owned by Erskine G. Woodside, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1935 she was owned by Harold Orr (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1935-1941 she was a headquarters launch owned by Minister of Lands & Forests, Victoria BC for the British Columbia Forest Service. In 1941-1943 she was owned by B.C. Wharf & Machinery Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1943 she was owned by John Steffich (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1947 she was owned by Leo Marchiori, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1950 she was owned by Jorgen Casperson, Bella Coola BC Canada. In 1954-1964 she was owned by Johannes Egelund Jr., Sidney BC Canada. In 1964-1967 she was owned by Thompson Valley Investments Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1968 she was owned by Rosa I. MacGregor, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1975 she was owned by Murray L. Hillier (MO), Delta BC Canada. In 1980 she was owned by Sleek Athletic Society (The), Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2008-02-26

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Yurinohana is Japanese for "Flower of the East". P.Z. Caverhill was named for the Chief Forester of British Columbia 1920-35.

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was operated in rum runner shore boat service. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). In 1941 the engine removed and installed in Lillian D., her hull was sold. In 1941 this vessel was in collision with the CPR steamship Princess Charlotte. In 1945 this vessel collided with a US vessel in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and sank.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 12 (1929); Miles, Fraser (1992); Coney, Michael (1983); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11925/782?r=0&s=4 ;
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