Ship Details

M.469 Squamish (R.C.A.F.)

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Photo Credit: S.C. Heal

 
 
Registry #1 179421 (Canada) Registry #2 M.469 (RCAF) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 M.469 Squamish (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 1947 Squamish Queen (II) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 89.5' x 24.5' x 9.3'
Builder Victoria Motor Boat & Repair Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 177.56 Type 1 Supply & Salvage (Type II)
Registered Tonnage 86.01 Type 2 Fishboat, seiner
Engine 400bhp diesel engine (1943) Engine Manufacture Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Co., Oakland, CA.
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VXJZ / G3AD
Pendant  # M.469 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1943-1946 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946-1949 she was owned by Squamish Fishing & Packing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC (she was chartered by Dola Towing Ltd.). In 1950-1958 she was owned by Anglo-British Columbia Packing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1959-03-04
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On November 06, 1958 this vessel sank off Pachena Point, BC. The Coast News (August 25, 1948) reported that "This vessel was fitted out with special gear to handle automobiles and can carry four at a time. This vessel has twin boom and twin electric winches capable of handling lifts up to 5 tons, ample hold space and a very large deck." this vessel foundered on November 6, 1958 four miles southeast of Pachena Point BC and was lost off Carmanah Point BC.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Weicht, Chris (1997); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11597 (Squamish Queen); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Palm, R.S. (1978); Canada List of Shipping; Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 24/02/2016); Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 34 (1946); Freeman, David J. (2000); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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