Ship Details

Invader (I)

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Photo Credit: Dirk Septer

 
 
Registry #1 158572 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1935 Invader (I) Name 6
Name 2 1940 Crusader (H.M.C.S.) (I) Name 7
Name 3 1944 Invader (I) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1935 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 68.3' x 15.5' x 8.3'
Builder Fenner & Hood Shipyards, Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) 20.82m x 4.72m x 2.56m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 66.16 Type 1 Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage 45 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 7.5hp engine (1935) Engine Manufacture Cooper-Bessemer Corp., Barber NJ
Repower Repowered with a 200hp engine (1958c); Repowered with a 300bhp Allis Chalmers diesel engine (2004c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Z.13 (P) Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1935 she was owned by James Hoffar, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1936-1940 she was owned by Henry F. Reifel, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940-1945 she was chartered by the Royal Canadian Navy and served as an Examination Vessel. In 1945-1951 she was owned by James Hoffar, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1951 she was owned by Henry Reifel & George Reifel , Vancouver BC Canada. In 1952-1961 she was owned by Fred B. Brown, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962-2001 she was owned by Halfmoon Bay Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2003-2014 she was owned by Coastal Mortgage and Investment Corp., Lethbridge AB Canada. In 2015-2018 she was owned by 1027628 B.C. Ltd., Kamloops BC Canada. In 2019-2025 she was owned by Diane Alstad-Garrison, Campbell River BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2025 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
During the Second World War this vessel was employed by the Examination Service at Vancouver BC Canada.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 11/04/2017); RG24 Series D-1-c Volume 6741 File 8000-496/6 - General Information - HMCS CRUSADER; DHH Box 125 File 3 Local Craft General DHH Box 171 File 22 CRUSADER - Naval messages, correspondence, memoranda and information card PARC RG12 Reel T-11578 Registration Card for Invader as of 31 Dec 1984.
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