Ship Details
B.C. Surveyor Photo Credit: Joanne Lipsey

 

Registry #1	171808 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1939	Leola Vivian (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1947	B.C. Surveyor	Name 7
Name 3	1968	Oliver Clark II	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1939	Place	Marpole	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	55.8' x 14.3' x 8.2'
Builder	Askew, George F.	Measurement (metric)	17.0m x 4.4m x 2.5m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	46.92	Type 1	Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage	31.91	Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	110hp gasoline engine (1939)	Engine Manufacture	Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower	Repowered with a 230hp engine (1947);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1949 she was rebuilt at the Forest Service Maintenance Depot.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1939 she was owned by Will Vivian, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1941 she was owned by Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942 she was a Canadian Naval Tender to H.M.C.S. Burrard chartered to the Royal Canadian Navy and later purchased on 30/11/1942. In 1947-1961 she was owned by Minister of Lands and Forests Victoria BC Canada. In 1967-1983 she was owned by Minister Lands and Water Resources, Victoria BC Canada. In 1983-1989 she was owned by James A. Burroughs, Surrey BC Canada. In 1993-2011 she was owned by Jed F. Currie, Halfmoon Bay BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2011-11-15

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	It was named for Oliver Clark, Forest Service employee killed in a forest fire.

 

Anecdotes

During World War Two this vessel was a Canadian Naval Tender to H.M.C.S. Burrard chartered to the RCN and later purchased on 30/11/1942. In October 2015 this vesselhit a rock and the owner was ejected from the wheel house into the water. The boat righted itself and kept going. Luck would have it that some jerry cans fell off the stern of boat and served as floatation devices for the skipper who was later saved.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping (1990); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Coney, Michael (1983);
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