Ship Details

M.266 Teal (R.C.A.F.)

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Registry #1 M.266 (RCAF) Registry #2 (Canada) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1941 M.266 Teal (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Conifer II Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1941 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 37.6' x 8.9' x 4.3'
Builder A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. Measurement (metric) 11.4m x 2.4m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 10.42 Type 1 Aircraft Crash Boat
Registered Tonnage 7.09 Type 2 Work Boat
Engine 2-350hp diesel engines Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign GH3B; VXDJ
Pendant  # M.266 Masters Corporal Ted Colley RCAF; Captain Bert Walker (B.C.F.S.)
 
Owner(s)
In 1941 she was built for the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946-1965 she was owned by the British Columbia Forest Service, Victoria BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was in service based at Bella Bella BC Canada. Nancy Walker Stevens (Email to Nauticapedia 01/07/2025) stated "My dad Bert (Albert) Walker skippered this boat in the early 1960s."
 
References
Weicht, Chris (1997); Colley, Ted (2013); Coney, Michael (1983); Coney, Michael (1983); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/07/2018); Nancy Walker Stevens (Email to Nauticapedia 01/07/2025); https://jproc.ca/rrp/rcaf_marine_craft_ver2.pdf (website viewed 01/07/2025);
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