Ship Details

Atrevida (II)

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Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 153216 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1931 Atrevida (II) Name 6
Name 2 1977c Atrevida No. 1 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1931 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 65.7' x 20.5' x 7.6'
Builder John Stokkeland Boatyard Measurement (metric) 20.03m x 6.2m x 2.3m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 49.8 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 27.66 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 100bhp diesel engine (1958c) Engine Manufacture Fairbanks Morse Co., Chicago IL USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1975 she was rebuilt at Duncan BC Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Bert Davis (1955); Captain Gus Liebich;
 
Owner(s)
In 1931-1946 she was owned by Higgs Gabriola Ferry Ltd. for operation on Nanaimo Gabriola Island ferry route. In 1946-1957 she was owned by Herbert Davis, Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1957-1961 she was owned by Davis Shipping Ltd. (Captain Bert Davis), Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1962-1970 she was owned by Texada Ferry Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1970 she was owned by The Minister of Highways (Ferries Division), Victoria BC Canada. In 1976-1980 she was owned by Henry G. Hebbert, Bird's Eye Cove, Duncan BC Canada. In 1982-1999 as a yacht she was owned by Arthur Gibbs, Mill Bay BC Canada. In 2001-2020 she was owned by Leroy J. Griffin and Judith Ann Griffin, Duncan BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1970-08-12
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1955 this vessel was in service between Texada Island and Westview BC, carrying up to five cars. On December 21, 2018 this vessel was blown ashore in a severe windstorm. Eli Sim (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 22/12/2018) states that "This vessel drifted all the way across Maple Bay and ended up aground near Arbutus Point." Dave Sim (Email to Nauticapedia 15/01/2019) states that "The Atrevida dragged anchor on Dec 20, 2018 from Bird’s Eye Cove, Maple Bay, in a wind storm and fetched up on Arbutus Pt. Maple Bay at high water. Despite the efforts of a CCG inflatable this vessel got stuck on the rocks. Jan 14 and 15 this vessel was dismantled on the beach and the debris picked up with a backhoe and crane clamshell, and placed on a barge for disposal."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbord, Heather (2011); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11929/77?r=0&s=4;
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