Ship Details

Conifer II

Vessel image

Photo Credit: Nancy Walker Stevens

 
 
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. At that time, my dad worked for the BC Forest Service. In the photo, he is the operator. My brother and I even had the chance to be passengers. Two engines, 350HP each. The police boat couldn't catch up. Not that he was being chased, they just wanted to have a race."
 
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);
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