Ship Details
Balsam (I) Photo Credit: BCFS Photo in the Rob McLaren Collection

 

Registry #1	(Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1921	Balsam (I)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1921	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	32' x 9' x 4'
Builder	Hoffar Brothers Shipyards	Measurement (metric)	9.1m x 2.4m x 0.8m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	8hp diesel engine engine (1921)	Engine Manufacture	Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1921 she was owned by Minister of Lands & Forests, Victoria BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Blimp design. In 1921 this vessel functioned as an Assistant Ranger launch.

 

References
Coney, Michael (1983);
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