Ship Details

Bonilla Rock (I)

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Photo Credit: Ken Gibson Collection

 
 
Registry #1 152941 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1914 Bonilla Rock (I) Name 6
Name 2 1942 Yellow Cedar (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1914 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 48.7' x 12.0' x 5.5'
Builder W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 15.00m x 4.57m x 1.92m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 36.12 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 24.56 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 2hp engine (1914) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower 165hp engine (1944); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1944 she was rebuilt at Tofino BC to 49.2`x 15.0`x 6.3`36gt 25rt Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Bailey (1942); Captain J. Evelyn (1952); Captain Boroie Grant (1970); Captain Bill Wood (1980-1992);
 
Owner(s)
In 1914 she was owned by Canadian interests. In 1925-1936 she was owned by the The Minister of Marine & Fisheries, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1936-1939 she was owned by The Minister of Mines & Resources, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1940 she was owned by Alfred E. Simpson, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942-1944 she was owned by Coast Construction Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1944-1961 she was owned by BC Minister of Lands and Forests, Victoria BC Canada. In 1966-1979 she was owned by BC Minister of Lands, Forests and Water Resources, Victoria BC Canada. In 2004-2004 she was owned by Old Crow Operations Ltd., Port Coquitlam BC Canada. In 2011-2024 she was owned by Asko O. Anas, Coquitlam BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Frank McAllister (Email to Nauticapedia 25/10/2021) stated "We used the vessel when working for the BC Forest Service (the organization name has been changed a number of times since then). My experience on the central coast was between 1987-1992. The vessel was used to administer and monitor forestry activities on the central coast of BC (Ocean Falls, Bella Bella, Rivers Inlet etc.). Bill Wood was Captain at that time and Mary was the cook/deckhand. We would take the vessel out for a week at a time usually and it was used for accommodation as well as transport. We usually towed a zodiac for taking crew and equipment ashore. There was usually 2-4 field crew on board when work operations were on-going. As the vessel only cruised at about 9 knots it was often sent ahead and staff would arrive via floatplane to stay for 5 days or so at the various worksites. " Frank Ullmann (Email to Nauticapedia 26/08/2024) stated "I first worked aboard her in 1972 to 1975 when she worked in Clayoquot Sound, Nootka Sound and Kyoquat Sound. Bordy (sp?) Grant was her Skipper and Roy Olsen the engineer. She was based in Tofino, but I would join her for the northern two Sounds. I worked on her again in 1993 to 1998 when she was based out of Bella Coola. She and the Coast Ranger were the last 2 boats owned by the B.C. Forest Service. I don’t know exactly when and where she was built but it was at a time when no new vessels could be built because of the war effort. So they found an old derelict, took the keel and “refitted” the rest of the vessel onto the keel. Then on the first haul out they replaced the keel, or so Bordy told us."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Coney, Michael (1983);
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