Ship Details
Sitka Spruce II Photo Credit: Christopher James Cole

 

Registry #1	14K4531 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1952	Sitka Spruce (III)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1952	Place	New Westminster	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	35.0' x 8.5' x ?
Builder	B.C. Forest Service Maintenance Depot	Measurement (metric)	10.5m x 2.7m x 0.9m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	5	Type 1	Patrol Vessel
Registered Tonnage		Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	3-71 Detroit diesel engine	Engine Manufacture	General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1952-1979 she was owned by the British Columbia Forest Service. In 1979-2016 she was owned by David & Alison Colwell, Garibaldi Highland BC Canada. In 2017-2024 she was owned by Carl Sills, Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was a second series "Blimp-design".

 

References
https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/bib106806.pdf; Carl Sills (Email to Nauticapedia 18/12/2021);
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