Ship Details

Wells Gray (I)

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Photo Credit: Paul Stenner

 
 
Registry #1 154661 (Canada) Registry #2 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1927 Hermit (I) Name 6
Name 2 1938 Wells Gray (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1927 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Tom Halliday Measurement (imp) 42.9' x 11.1' x 5.7
Builder A. Linton & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) 14.7m x 3.5m x 1.5m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 20.13 Type 1 Yacht, power-Cruiser
Registered Tonnage 12.55 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 36bhp engine (1927) Engine Manufacture Gardner Engine Co., Manchester UK
Repower Repowered in 1944 with a 110hp 3-cylinder engine by Gray Marine Motor Co. Detroit MI USA Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1948 she was rebuilt by Forest Service Maintenance Depot. Call Sign VCDF
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1927-1934 she was owned by George Kidd, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934-1936 she was owned by Edith A. Gillies, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1936 she was owned by Henry S. Hoffar, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1936-1938 she was owned by William C. Mainwaring, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1938-1945 she was owned by H.M. the King for the British Columbia Forest Service, Victoria BC Canada. In 1958-1962 she was owned by The Minister of Lands & Forests, Victoria BC Canada. In 1962-1979 she was owned by The Minister of Lands, Forests and Water Resources, Victoria BC Canada. In 1979-1984 she was owned by Paul Stenner, Sidney BC Canada. (After 1984 this vessel does not appear in the List of Canadian Ships.) In 2007 she was owned by Albert Manchester, Port Townsend WA USA.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1984-06-27
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named for Arthur Wellesley Gray, Provincial Minister of Forests.
 
Anecdotes
 
 
References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 11 (1928); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Paul Stenner; Coney, Michael (1983); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5589385&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20154661&ecopy=e011446353_367 (website viewed 24/08/2025); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6393315&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20154661&ecopy=e011480170 (website viewed 24/08/2025);
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