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Amaryllis (I)

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Registry #1 153219 (Canada) Registry #2 M.9 (RCAF) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1918 Amaryllis (I) Name 6
Name 2 1942 M.9 Amaryllis (R.C.A.F.) Name 7
Name 3 1947 Amaryllis (I) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1918 Place Bremerton Area WA Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 105.3' x 14.6' x 7.9'
Builder U.S. Navy Yard (Bremerton WA) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 83.04 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Supply Vessel (Type II)
Engine 250bhp, 3.5nhp diesel engine (1930) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In March 1940 she was rebuilt at Boeing Shipyard Call Sign G3AZ
Pendant  # M.9 Masters Captain Andy Auchterlonie (1942); Captain Darrell Huson (1948)
 
Owner(s)
In 1918 she was a sub-chaser in the US Navy. In 1940 she was owned by Fred Evans, Vancouver BC. In 1941 she was chartered by the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1942 she was owned by William P. Armor, Prince Rupert BC. In 1942-1946 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Air Force for service in the Western Air Command Marine Squadron at Vancouver BC. In 1943 she was purchased by the RCAF. In 1946-1948 she was owned by Armour Towing & Salvage Co., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1948-02-07
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel served as a US Navy patrol vessel at Yorke Island 1942. On February 7, 1948 this vessel foundered 2.5 miles off Scarlett Point in Queen Charlotte Strait with the loss of three lives.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Freeman, David J. (2000); Weicht, Chris (1997); George Duddy (2016); Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) (Shipwreck Chart No. 2); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/07/2018); RG 12 Reel T-11899 (1938) (Amaryllis); RG 12 Reel T-11902 (1943) (Amaryllis)- RG 12 Reel T-11905 (1948) (Amaryllis); RG12 Volume 768 File 9015-A22 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - M.V. 'AMARYLLIS' R.C.A.F.; RG24D-1-c Volume 5823 File 8000-293/1 General Information - RCAF AMARYLLIS; RG24E-1-c Volume 3557 File 975-3-30 RCAF Marine Craft AMARYLLIS;
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