Ship Details

Brentwood (I)

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Registry #1 112243 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1902 Cascade (I) Name 6
Name 2 1945 Brentwood (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1902 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 95.0' x 22.6' x 7.6'
Builder Cates, George E. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 102.01 Type 1 Ferry, Passenger
Registered Tonnage 81.17 Type 2 Freighter
Engine 16rhp compound 2-cylinder engine (1902) Engine Manufacture McKie & Baxter, Glasgow Scotland UK
Repower In 1933 she was re-engined with a 144hp Gardner diesel motor. In 1945 she was repowered with a Cummins engine. In 1949 she was repowered by a 130hp engine. She was repowered with a 152hp engine. In 1962 she was re-engined. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1933 she was rebuilt to carry automobiles. In 1945 she was rebuilt and repowered. In 1949 she was rebuilt as a cargo vessel. In 1959 she was converted to a coastal freighter. In 1960 she was rebuilt at Sterling Shipyard Vancouver BC as a freighter. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Kennard (1920)
 
Owner(s)
In 1902 she was owned by Cascade Freight & Towing Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1905 she was owned by J.H. McNab et al., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1908 she was owned by Leeming Bros., Victoria BC (Cascade Freighting & Towing Co.). In 1910-1913 she was owned by the Steamer Cascade Co., Victoria BC Canada. In 1914-1915 she was owned by Cascade Transportation Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1919-1945 she was owned by Cascade Freighting & Towing Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1945-1970 she was owned by Coast Ferries Ltd. She was withdrawn from Mill Bay - Brentwood Bay service In 1960 she was owned by Gulf Islands Navigation Co. In 1961-1970 she was owned by Coast Ferries Ltd., Vancouver BC for Vancouver -Johnstone Strait service. In 1970 the hull was owned by Rutter & Fitling, New Westminster BC Canada. In 1978 she was owned by Gentry Cedar Products Ltd., Vancouver BC for use as a floating bunkhouse.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1970-12-24
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1969 this vessel capsized and was beached at Garrow Bay, abandoned and declared a constructive loss. Robert Critchley (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 26/07/2019) stated that "This vessel is lingering away in Greasy Bay, Action Sound/Drury Inlet." Later a landslide destroyed most of the hulk. Lonnie Edward Berrow (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 26/07/2019) stated that "there is very little left now."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11929/160?r=0&s=4;
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