Ship Details

Colonel Ward (R.C.A.S.C.)

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Photo Credit: BCFS Photo in the Rob McLaren Collection

 
 
Registry #1 177372 (Canada) Registry #2 1090372 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 90367
 
Name 1 1944 Colonel Ward (R.C.A.S.C.) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Forest Surveyor Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 54.0' x 16.1' x 6.3'
Builder A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 60 Type 1 Freighter
Registered Tonnage 40 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 165hp engine (1944) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 180bhp engine (1958c); Repowered with a 230hp engine (1967c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1947 she was rebuilt at Star Shipyard. Extensive remodel in 2008 By Baketun and Thomas Shipyard Seattle. Call Sign VYGQ
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1945 she was owned by Department of National Defence for the Canadian Army (Royal Canadian Army Transportation Corps.). In 1946 she was owned by British Columbia Minister of Lands, Victoria BC Canada. In 1956-1958 she was owned by The Minister of Lands and Forests, Victoria BC Canada. In 1967-1979 she was owned by The Minister of Lands, Forests & Water Resources, Victoria BC Canada. In 1986-1999 she was owned by Captain Peter Brown, Vancouver BC Canada. (Canadian Register closed 1999-11-23) She was owned by Forest Surveyor LLC, WA USA. In 2016-2024 she was owned by Northwest Marine Propulsion Museum, Seattle WA USA.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
During the Second World War this vessel was operated by the Canadian Army Pacific Command Water Transport Company of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps; On May 30, 1947 this vessel collided with the Merry Sea II at a wharf in Campbell River BC. This vessel is no longer registered in Canada. Her Canadian Register was closed November 23, 1999.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 24/02/2016); LAC Reel 11581 (Forest Surveyor); Coney, Michael (1983); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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