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Horseshoe Bay Flyer

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Registry #1 197362 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1953 Horseshoe Bay Flyer Name 6
Name 2 1954 Mercury V Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1953 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 26.5' x 9.3' x 3.4'
Builder Turner Boat Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 4.87 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 3.89 Type 2
Engine 160bhp gasoline engine (1953) Engine Manufacture Chrysler Corp., Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1953-1954 she was owned by William D. Jewitt (MO), Horseshoe Bay BC Canada. In 1954 she was owned by Turner Boat Works Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1954-1959 she was owned by Mercury Water Taxi Ltd., Horseshoe Bay BC Canada. In 1959-1963 she was owned by Charles M. Grant (MO), Earls Cove BC Canada. In 1963-1964 she was owned by Jervis Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1964-1965 she was owned by Charles M. Grant (MO), Earls Cove BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1965-10-29
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On July 2, 1965 this vessel exploded and burned in Jervis Inlet BC Canada.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/844?r=0&s=4;
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