Ship Details
Diamond Lee Photo Credit: Simon Bancroft

 

Registry #1	156455 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	28498

 

Name 1	1929	P.M.L. No. 8	Name 6
Name 2	1948c	Diamond Lee	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1929	Place	Esquimalt	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	45.2' x 12.0' x 7.4'
Builder	Yarrows Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	13.78m x 3.66m x 2.26m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	25	Type 1	Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage	17	Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	3.5hp engine (1929);	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	75hp engine (1949c); Repowered with a 220hp engine (1958c); Repowered with a 150bhp diesel engine	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1929-1946 she was owned by The Attorney-General for British Columbia, Victoria BC and operated by the British Columbia Provincial Police. In 1949-1965 she was owned by Mrs. Caroline Sawchuck, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1966-1994 she was owned by Josephine Sawchuck, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1995-2003 she was owned by William D. Sawchuck, Vancouver BC Canada. In 2004 she was owned by WDS Holdings Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 2011-2024 she was owned by Nootka Reforestation Ltd., Tahsis BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	2019-10-13

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On October 13, 2019 this vessel sank at her berth at Tahsis BC. Jean-Paul Magnan (Email to Nauticapedia 15/11/2022) stated "In November 2022 this vessel was removed, from the shoreline where this vessel had drifted to, by her owners. This vessel has been completely decommissioned, but her prop, shaft and rudder were donated and are on display at the Canadian Coast Guard Tahsis Lifeboat Station."

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Jean-Paul Magnan (Email to Nauticapedia 15/11/2022);
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