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Cangold

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Registry #1 179463 (Canada) Registry #2 M.645 (RCAF) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 M.645 (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 1948 Cangold Name 7
Name 3 1949 L.C. No. 5 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 52.3' x 18' x 5.9'
Builder Dominion Construction Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 15.9m x 5.5m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 41.81 Type 1 Landing Craft
Registered Tonnage 28.43 Type 2 Work Boat
Engine 2 – 220bhp gasoline engines (1944) Engine Manufacture Chrysler Corp., Detroit MI USA
Repower Repowered with 2-210bhp diesel engines by W.H. Doman & Co. Ltd., Stafford, UK. (1950) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # M.645 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944 she was built for the Canadian Army as a landing craft but she was owned by Royal Canadian Air Force Marine Service. In 1948 she was owned by the Cangold Mining & Exploration Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1956 she was owned by the Minister of Lands and Forests, Victoria BC Canada. In 1956-1958 she was owned by the British Columbia Power Commission, Victoria BC Canada. In 1959-1974 she was owned by the British Columbia Minister of Lands and Forests, Victoria BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1974-09-06
 
Named Features
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Anecdotes
In 1949 this vessel was based on Great Central Lake BC. This vessel was burned for scrap. Darrell Ohs states "After the war it was moved from Sproat Lake to Great Central Lake, where it was used by Canada Gold ltd. to supply their mine near Della Falls and later by BC Hydro for dam and generating station construction. My uncle, Frank Burke, operated LC5 during it’s years on Great Central. Ultimately it was working in Kingcome Inlet until 1973."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Coney, Michael (1983); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11587 (L.C. No. 5); RG 24 Box 3158 File 899-11 Vessels Disposed of by Crown Assets; Email (Darrell Ohs - Nauticapedia 14/02/2020); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11860/502?r=0&s=6 ;
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