Ship Details
Fifer (II) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	154737 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1928	Dearleap	Name 6	1941	Kitten F.
Name 2	1929	Quenca (II)	Name 7	1968	Barbara O'H.
Name 3	1936	Grampion I	Name 8	1972	Bardick
Name 4	1937	Fifer (II)	Name 9	1991	Fifer (II)
Name 5	1939	Grampion I	Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	67.8' x 15.5' x 6.8'
Builder	Hoffar-Beeching Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	20.67m x 4.72m x 2.07m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	59.04	Type 1	Yacht, power-Cruiser
Registered Tonnage	37.33	Type 2	Patrol Vessel
Engine	2-175hp gasoline engines (1928)	Engine Manufacture	Hall-Scott Motor Car Co., Berkeley CA USA
Repower	In 1928 re-powered with 175hp Hall-Scott gasoline engines. In 1936 she was re-engined with twin Gardner 6L3 102hp engines; twin Gardner 6L3 102hp engines (1958c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1967 she was rebuilt.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1928-1930 she was owned by A.W. McLimont, (Winnipeg Light and Power Company), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1930-1936 she was owned by Sir Frank Stilman Barnard (KCMG formerly Lt. Governor of BC). In 1936 she was transferred to Canada Trust Co. (executors of Barnard's estate) and John Mara (executor of Barnard's estate), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1936 she was transferred to Captain William Marr Crawford (Empire Stevedoring Co.), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1937 she was owned by Empire Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1939 she was sold to Clarence Wallace, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1939 she was owned by Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940 she was sold to Powell River Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1955 she was sold to George W. O'Brien, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1967 she was owned by Clair C. Smith, Vancouver BC and Wilford G. Dolmage (MO), West Vancouver BC and Robert A. Sanderson, Vancouver BC and National Trust Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1967 she was owned by Burrows Yacht Charters Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1968 she was sold to Hollis O'Hanlon, Yacht Charters Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972 she was sold to , Vancouver BC Canada. In 1974-1984 she was owned by Bardick Yacht Charters Ltd. (Barry and Dick Hume), North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1984-1990 she was owned by Hume Investments Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1990-2019 she was owned by Bitter End Charter Corp., Langley BC Canada. In 2024 she was owned by the Bitter End Charter Corp., Delta BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Bardick after two owners Barry and Dick Hume.

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was constructed with a large combination observation saloon and formal dining room on the main deck, with French doors opening to a spacious covered aft deck. The lower deck encompassed crew quarters forward, a master stateroom amidships, and guest staterooms abaft the owner's cabin.

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 12 (1929); Canada List of Shipping
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