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Vessels Built by Turner Boat Works Ltd.
compiled by John M. MacFarlane 2015
They were a boat building company located in Vancouver BC. It started on Coal Harbour about 1897. William Turner, Jr., was a boat builder who operated Turner's Boat Works with his father, William Harold Turner, Sr. (1867-1951). Turner, Sr. came to Canada in 1888 and established Turner's Boat Works in 1908. He retired in 1942, his son then operated the shipyard. In 1943, a fire destroyed the shipyard, but it was rebuilt and continued to operate until 1958, when the younger Turner retired.
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| Name | Registration | Vessel Type | Year Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| March E. | 192074 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1949 |
| Mardred B. | 172559 (Canada) | Fishboat, general | 1932 |
| Marod | 190285 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1948 |
| Mary Anne (I) | (Canada) | Work Boat | 1940 |
| Mayfly (II) | (Canada) | Yacht, speedboat | 1945c |
| Mercury IX (I) | 192042 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1949 |
| Mercury V | 197362 (Canada) | Work Boat | 1953 |
| Mercury VI (I) | 198096 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1954 |
| Merlin III | 198677 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1955 |
| Nanaimo Sprite | 198657 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1954 |
| Oh-Oh II | 194212 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1951 |
| P.D.Q. | 192885 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1950 |
| P.D.Q. II (I) | 188614 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1956 |
| P.D.Q. II (II) | 194689 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1948 |
| P.G. Lady | 179620 (Canada) | Work Boat | 1947 |
| Peanut No. 7 | 192075 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1948 |
| Phantom Lady V | 198982 (Canada) | Tug | 1955 |
| Placebo (I) | 190285 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1948 |
| Placebo II | 195885 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1952 |
| Portland Breeze | 140918 (Canada) | Fishboat, general | 1918 |
| Prowler (I) | 190794 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1949 |
| Revival (I) | 174095 (Canada) | Tug | 1934 |
| Rex III | 174095 (Canada) | Tug | 1934 |
| Robert Allen (I) | 320158 (Canada) | Work Boat | 1953 |
| Ruxton II | 313214 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1948 |
| Sea Minor | 190582 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1948 |
| Sgian Dubh | 190582 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1948 |
| Snow Goose II (I) | 198678 (Canada) | Yacht | 1955 |
| Strombolli II | 194648 (Canada) | Work Boat | 1951 |
| Sun Dance III | 192042 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1949 |
| Sun Dance IV | 194644 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1951 |
| Sundance V (I) | 198089 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1954 |
| T.24 | 194681 (Canada) | Tug | 1952 |
| T.25 | 195910 (Canada) | Tug | 1953 |
| T.28 | 188327 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1955 |
| Tenfir | 310422 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1958 |
| Texada Blue Bell | 188631 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1956 |
| Texada Moccasin | 197719 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1954 |
| Trader Roc | 192862 (Canada) | Yacht | 1950 |
| Tzonie | 198924 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1955 |
| Wales Island No. 9 | 140918 (Canada) | Fishboat, general | 1918 |
| Wee Chapy (I) | 198925 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1953 |
| Wee Willie II | 192473 (Canada) | Yacht, power-cruiser | 1949 |
| Westview Flyer No. 1 | 195247 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1946 |
| White Arrow No. 1 | 198940 (Canada) | Passenger Vessel | 1955 |
| Wilma K. | 190626 (Canada) | Tug, yarding | 1949 |
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Author’s Note: This is a partial list (work in progress).
Vessel Images: Can you help us fill gaps in the vessel images in the database? If you have pictures of missing vessels that you have taken and would be willing to contribute to the database to make it more complete all our users would be very grateful. Please send them to admin(at)nauticapedia.ca
Note to Reader: Vessel names containing Roman numerals in parentheses (e.g. Floater (II)) indicates more than one vessel in the database with the same name. The numerals in parentheses are NOT part of the vessel name but are used to distinguish one vessel from another in the database.
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MacFarlane, John M. (2015) Vessels Built by Turner Boats Ltd. Nauticapedia.ca 2015. http://www.nauticapedia.ca/Articles/Vessel_Builders_Turner_Boats.php?Page=2
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