Ship Details

151 Water Street

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Photo Credit: George Schneider

 
 
Registry #1 327255 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1954 Fortune (H.M.C.S.) Name 6 2017 Fortune 151
Name 2 1954 Fortune (II) Name 7
Name 3 1966 Offshore Name 8
Name 4 1970 Edgewater Fortune Name 9
Name 5 2015 151 Water Street Name 10
 
Year Built 1954 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 147.6' x 28.0' x 13.2'
Builder Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 44.99m x 8.53m x 4.02m
Hull Composite Displacement
Gross Tonnage 502.55 Type 1 Minesweeper, Bay-class
Registered Tonnage 274.36 Type 2 Passenger vessel
Engine 2-615bhp diesel engines (1954) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Bill Earnshaw (1966);
 
Owner(s)
In 1954 she was owned by the Minister of National Defence, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1954 she was commissioned as H.M.C.S. Fortune. After being decommissioned from the Royal Canadian Navy she was sold into private ownership. In 1966-1969 she was owned by Offshore Marine Services Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1969-1970 she was owned by Offshore Geophysical Services Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1970 she was owned by Arthur J. Prowal (MO), New Westminster BC Canada. In 1970-2015 she was owned by Edgewater Pacific Navigation Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2015-2017 she was owned by Michael & Janice Fournier, White Rock BC Canada. In 2018-2024 she was owned by 1124390 B.C. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1970 this vessel was chartered by Greenpeace to replace the Phyllis Cormack in the protest against the US underground nuclear tests at Amchitka AK. This vessel was dubbed as the "Greenpeace Too." Delayed by foul weather the protesters missed the blast.
 
References
Brown, Michael and John May (1989); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11929/360?r=0&s=4 ;
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