Ship Details
Brigadier Sutherland Brown Photo Credit: BC Provincial Archives

 

Registry #1	177994 (Canada)	Registry #2	MP.77 (RCMP)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1944	Brigadier Sutherland Brown	Name 6
Name 2	1947	P.M.L. 16	Name 7
Name 3	1950	M.L. 16 (R.C.M.P.)	Name 8
Name 4	1960	Sea Comet	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1944	Place	New Westminster	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	54.4' x 16.0' x 7.0'
Builder	Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	51	Type 1	Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage	40	Type 2	Tug
Engine	1-165bhp engine (1944)	Engine Manufacture	Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower	Repowered with a 120hp engine (1947); Repowered with a 290hp engine (1960); Repowered with a 525bhp engine (1965); A Jenbach engine was installed in 1967; the 348 Cat was installed in 1969;	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	MP.77	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1944-1947 she was owned and operated by the Canadian Army Pacific Command Water Transport Company of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. In 1947-1951 she was owned by the British Columbia Attorney General, Victoria BC for the British Columbia Provincial Police. In 1950-1958 she was owned by the Royal Canadian mounted Police Marine Section. In 1960-1965 she was owned by Bendickson Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975-1979 she was owned by Broughton Towing Co. Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1980 she was owned by Fairway Towing & Salvage Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1983-1987 she was owned by Island Merchant Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1987-11-26

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Brigadier James "Buster" Sutherland Brown (June 28, 1881 - April 14, 1951) was a Canadian military officer best known for drafting a contingency war plan in 1921 to invade and occupy several American border cities.

 

Anecdotes
Her registry closed on November 25, 1951 and was reopened 29 June 1959. On November 25, 1987 this vessel was destroyed by fire and sank in Howe Sound BC Canada.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 24/02/2016); LAC Reel T-11595 (Sea Comet);
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