Ship Details

M.592 Deerleap (R.C.A.F.)

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Photo Credit: RCAF Official Photograph

 
 
Registry #1 155107 (Canada) Registry #2 281517 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1929 Deerleap Name 6
Name 2 1942 M.592 Deerleap (R.C.A.F.) Name 7
Name 3 1945 Deerleap Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1929 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Hoffar-Beeching Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (imp) 72.1' x 17' x 9.8'
Builder Hoffar-Beeching Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 90.82 Type 1 Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage 49.53 Type 2 Range Vessel
Engine 2 gasoline engines (1929) Engine Manufacture Hall-Scott Motor Car Co., Berkeley CA USA
Repower 2–330bhp diesel engines (1934) Vivian Gas Engine Works, Vancouver, BC. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign G3AJ; WM9931
Pendant  # M.592; B.154 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1928-1932 she was owned by Andrew W. McLimont (President of Winnipeg Light and Power), Metchosin BC Canada. In 1933-1945 she was owned by Mrs. Gertrude Spencer, Vancouver BC Canada. (During the Second World War she was chartered to the RCAF for service as RCAF Deerleap.) In 1945-1947 she was owned by Campbell Church Jr. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1960 her Canadian Registry was closed when she was sold to foreign owners. In 1958 she was not listed in the Canada List of Shipping. In 1960 she was owned by Bud and Alice Olson. She changed owners frequently and, by the late 1980s, she had fallen into disrepair and was put up for auction. In 2005-2024 she was owned by Richard Gardner, Port Orchard WA USA.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 1957-00-00
 
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Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Andrew W. McLimont (President of Winnipeg Light and Power) used the boat extensively to cruise the Inside Passage with private hunting and fishing parties. Gertrude Spencer was the wife of Victor Spencer (owner of Spencer's Department Stores. In 1943 this vessel was chartered by the R.C.A.F and in 1944 this vessel was returned to her owner. In 1956, this vesselreportedly ran aground in front of the Empress Hotel in Victoria and, in the winter of 1957, the boat sank to the bottom of the harbor in Port Angeles, Washington but was salvaged.
 
References
http://www.mvdeerleap.com/vwbf2.htm; https://classicyacht.org/boats/deerleap; RG12 Reel T-11850 (1960) (Deerleap); RG12 Volume 783 File 9015-D21 Requisitioning Of Ships - War Measures – DEERLEAP; DHH 8000 Series Box 171 File 032 DEERLEAP - Naval messages, correspondence and information sheets
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