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F.D. 202
F.D. 202 (Photo from the Dorothy Arnet collection. )
Dorothy Arnet recently sent us a picture of the F.D. 202 which her late husband Captain Edward Arnet commanded for many years. She was built at New Westminster BC in 1946. In 1946–1980 she was owned by The Minister of Fisheries, Ottawa ON. In 1982–1989 she was owned by The Minister of Fisheries & Oceans, Ottawa ON. In 1990–1994 she was owned by Marvin Egeland, Delta BC. In 1997–2003 she was owned by Terrence R. Blow, Richmond BC. In 2004 she was owned by Donald S. Cameron, Ucluelet BC. In 2012–2016 she was owned by Jonathan G. Harding, Powell River BC.
She is 38.2’ x 10.4’ x 6’ (Imperial) and 11.64m x 3.17m x 1.83m (metric) with a wooden hull. 18.32gt 8.58rt. displacement. She was powered by a 165hp diesel engine.
Captain Edward John Arnet (Photo from the Dorothy Arnet collection. )
Captain Edward John Arnet was the son of Karl Peter Arnet and Amelia Sigma Eik born September 18, 1930 at Tofino BC where he lived there for 65 years before retiring to Sidney BC. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner). In 1966 he worked with the Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans for 27 years. In 1969 he served in the Atolla as Master. In 1969 he was the Master of the F.D. 202 working out of Tofino BC. In 1976 he served in the Warrior Rock as Master. In 1978–1982 he served as Relief Master in the Comox Post and Atlin Post. In 1987 he served in the Brama as Master. In 1989 he served in the Seal Rock as Master.In 1992 he served in the Bonilla Rock as Master. In 1992 he served in the Estevan Reef as Master. He died at Sidney BC April 04, 2005.
F.D. 202 (Photo from the Ed Chernis collection. )
Ed Chernis writes "Here is a picture taken in 2014 in the Ucluelet Small Craft Harbour. I understand it is now owned by Garret Harding, and he is keeping her at Nelson Island, according to information I obtained from the West Coast Fisherman Facebook Group after I posted the photo and inquired as to her identity."
Site News: April 15, 2024
The vessel database has been updated and is now holding 92,123 vessel histories (with 15,628 images and 13,098 records of ship wrecks and marine disasters). The mariner and naval biography database has also been updated and now contains 58,616 entries (with 4,013 images).
In 2023 the Nauticapedia celebrated the 50th Anniversary of it’s original inception in 1973 (initially it was on 3" x 5" file cards). It has developed, expanded, digitized and enlarged in those ensuing years to what it is now online. If it was printed out it would fill more than 300,000 pages!
My special thanks to our volunteer IT adviser, John Eyre, who (since 2021) has modernized, simplified and improved the update process for the databases into a semi–automated processes. His participation has been vital to keeping the Nauticapedia available to our netizens.
Also my special thanks to my volunteer content accuracy checker, John Spivey of Irvine CA USA, who has proofread thousands of Nauticapedia vessel histories and provided input to improve more than 11,000 entries. His attention to detail has been a huge unexpected bonus in improving and updating the vessel detail content.