Ship Details
Taconite II Photo Credit: Baird Tewksbury photo c1980 Jervis Inlet BC

 

Registry #1	156875 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1930	Taconite (II)	Name 6
Name 2	1979c	Taconite II	Name 7
Name 3	1982c	Taconite (II)	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1930	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	125.0' x 25.0' x 9.5'
Builder	Boeing Aircraft (Canada) Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	35.36m x 7.32m x 3.57m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	289.45	Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage	157.95	Type 2
Engine	2-440hp diesel engines 14kts (1930)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VGJS
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1930-2003 she was owned by Taconite Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2004-2017 she was owned by Taconite Ltd., Port Coquitlam BC Canada. In 2018-2019 she was owned by 1166661 BC Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2019-2025 she was owned by foreign owners.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2025	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Taconite is named for a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing magnetite, haematite, and silica, which occurs in the Lake Superior region: a low-grade iron ore which in turn is named after the Taconic Range in New York and Massachusetts.

 

Anecdotes

Baird Tewksbury (Email to Nauticapedia 19/10/2025) stated "Built in Vancouver BC for Wm Boeing in Boeing Vancouver shipyard sat for years (‘60’s-‘70’s) at RVYC Coal Harbor with original Captain...restored to highest standards by Gordon Leavett...photo Jervis Inlet, British Columbia 1980's...I arranged a charter for some high rollers from Bay St one summer…while they ventured north, I was on my own boat at Princess Louisa Inlet…without notice, Taconite appeared after dropping off charterers…she still had charter crew (including cook) on board so Gord invited my crew for dinner…six course meal featuring a Turkey brought to table in classic wheeled giant silver salvor a la Simpson’s in the Strand".

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 13 (1930); Canada List of Shipping; Morris, Rob and Leonard McCann. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press
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