Ship Details

Pilot Boat No. 2

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Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 190343 (Canada) Registry #2 Z.51 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 90596
 
Name 1 1944 Ingleside (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1949 Sphinx II Name 7
Name 3 1951 Pilot Boat No. 2 Name 8
Name 4 1968 Canada Pilot No. 21 Name 9
Name 5 1974 Pacific Pilot Three Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Summerside Area PE Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 56.8' x 15.9' x 7.1'
Builder Palmer & Williams Measurement (metric) 17.31m x 4.85m x 2.16m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 39 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 23 Type 2 Pilot Boat
Engine 250hp engine (1944) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Z.51 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1946 she was owned by the Minister of National Defence, Ottawa ON as a Target Towing Vessel. In 1949 she was owned by Douglas L. Alexander, Toronto ON. In 1951-1967 she was owned by The Minister of Transport, Ottawa ON acting as Pilotage Authority for the Pilotage District of British Columbia. In 1968-1983 she was owned by the Pacific Pilotage Authority, Vancouver BC. In 1984-1985 she was owned by Edward A. Lugossy, Sidney BC. In 1986-1988 she was owned by Robert Lee Kennedy, Victoria BC. In 1989-1997 she was owned by W.R. Hickling Log Scaling Ltd., Bella Coola BC. In 1999-2001 she was owned by Dave Delong, Saint John NB. In 2003-2004 she was owned by MTS Fibre Pro Ltd., Campbell River BC. In 2011-2021 she was owned by Kevin M.R. Bouchard, Port Alberni BC.
 
Fate Afloat in 2019 Date 0000-00-00
 
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Anecdotes
In 1944-1946 this vessel was acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1944 this vessel was an A/S towing vessel based at Halifax NS. In 1970 this vessel became the standby pilot boat at Victoria BC. Colin Henthorn reports that "Pacific Pilot III has been derelict in Port Edward for a considerable time. The report this morning is that this vesselis in the hands of the federal government and on her way to be broken up."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Wilson, Hill (2005); Email (Colin Henthorne - Nauticapedia 18/10/2021);
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