Ship Details

Mandalay B.

Vessel image

Photo Credit: Castanet Kamloops News

 
 
Registry #1 150988 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1923 Mandalay B. Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1923 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 46.8' x 11.1' x 5.4'
Builder Hoffar Motor Boat Co. (The) Measurement (metric) 14.26m x 3.38m x 1.65m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 21.38 Type 1 Yacht, power-Cruiser
Registered Tonnage 14.25 Type 2
Engine 2hp engine (1931c); Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 100hp engine (1949c); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1926 she was rebuilt at Vancouver BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1923-1937 she was owned by George Beeching, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942 she was owned by George Harris, Calgary AB Canada. In 1943-1945 she was owned by Horace J. Sims, Victoria BC Canada. In 1946-1949 she was owned by Harold B. Olson, Victoria BC Canada. In 1953-1956 she was owned by Jack Humphreys, Ocean Falls BC Canada. In 1958 she was owned by Francis J. Richards (MO), West Vancouver BC Canada. In 1961-1965 she was owned by Lewis Worsley, West Vancouver BC Canada. In 1966-1970 she was owned by Frederick Worsley, South Burnaby BC Canada. In 1971-1976 she was owned by Hugh S. Miller, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1977-1984 she was owned by Raymond H. Brown, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1985-1986 she was owned by Melvin G. Brown, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1987-2004 she was owned by Nicholas Longley, Richmond BC Canada. In 2011-2015 she was owned by Paul F. White, Sechelt BC Canada. (Her Canadian Register closed on 2015-09-29).
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2015-09-29
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Kerry Dunn (Email to Nauticapedia 03/06/2023) states "The vessel sank in Shuswap Lake in January 2022 and was raised in June 2022, but sank again in October 2022. In June 2023, various government organisations raised the vessel and disposed of it for being a safety and environmental hazard." Lisa O’Donnell (Email to Nauticapedia 12/05/2024) stated "My father was Hugh S. Miller who owned the Mandalay B (or Mandal Baby as we called her!) in the 1970s. We were told that she’d been cut in half in her lifetime and 10 feet added midship which made her long for her width. She rolled a lot in the ocean, and was dreadful in a following sea! Many happy memories of month long expeditions up the Coast in her. "
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Kerry Dunn to Mauticapedia 02/06/2023); https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Salmon-Arm/429731/Sunken-wreck-of-100-year-old-boat-removed-from-Shuswap-Lake?fbclid=IwAR2T98bo9X7cBYPS0l0pKzSBPybtkPuMQxu1tjGoQ2V3C9VtDgnuhhX3Fcs (website viewed 03/06/2023);
Last update
 

© 2002-2023