Ship Details
Armac Photo Credit: Mike Rydqvist McCammon

 

Registry #1	154637 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#	5055658	MMSI#		VRN#	90481

 

Name 1	1927	Armac	Name 6
Name 2	1931	Shellco (II)	Name 7
Name 3	1948	Burnaco	Name 8
Name 4	1999c	Innchanter	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1927	Place	New Westminster	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	75.6' x 20.3' x 9.3'
Builder	Dawe Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	25.16m x 6.25m x 3.20m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	136	Type 1	Freighter
Registered Tonnage	77	Type 2	Tanker
Engine	180bhp 6-cylinder diesel engine (1927)	Engine Manufacture	Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower	Repowered with a GM12-V-71 engine (1987);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1997 she was rebuilt at New Westminster BC at Dawe Shipyards Ltd.	Call Sign	VDCR
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1927 she was owned by A.M. & O. Transportation Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929 she was owned by the Shell Oil Co. of California Ltd., USA. In 1931-1945 she was owned by the Shell Oil Co. of British Columbia Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1947 she was owned by William C. Gibson, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1948-1949 she was owned by Burrard Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1951-1967 she was owned by Henry McKinnell, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1968-1982 she was owned by Cogswell Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1982 she was owned by Quality Log Booming Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1983-1987 she was owned by Behan Marine Services Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1989-1991 she was owned by Ko-Da Transport Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1992-1995 she was owned by 399097 British Columbia Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1988 she was owned by Grey Gull Transportation Ltd., Surrey BC Canada. In 1997 she was owned by Earth Sea Inns Inc., Lions Bay BC Canada. In 1999-2021 she was owned by Earthsea Inns Inc., Lions Bay BC Canada. In 2021-2024 she was owned by Josh Rock, Ucluelet BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 1988 this vessel was for sale for $265,000. Terry Slack reports (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 06/12/2014) that "The Burnaco tied up under the North End of Knight Street Bridge on the North Arm of the Fraser River and transported Boom Chains etc. back to upcoast logging camps ! I loved her musical whistle playing "Camp town Races " as this vesselheaded home to her dock in the North Arm !" Don Hall (Email to Nauticapedia 09/02/2021) stated "The Burnaco was being used as a bed & breakfast at Hot Springs Cove, Vancouver Island, where it burned and sank." This story is inaccurate and the new owner Josh Rock states "I (Josh Rock) purchased the vessel in 2021 from "earth sea inns" for $245,000 . She is still operating as a floating bed and breakfast , but in Ucluelet now, not Hot Springs Cove anymore. I'm not sure where the burnt down info came from, but it's incorrect. She is alive and well."

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 12 (1929); Canada List of Shipping; John Rock (Email to Nauticapedia 13/03/2024);
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