Picture of Q129-MISSING/WANTED

Builder: A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. Vancouver, B.C.	Commissioned: October 16, 1944
Launched: ? 1944	Disposal: October 3, 1945

Career:

Sold October 2, 1945 for $3,000 by WAC to Hamiltair Ltd., Vancouver and Princess Louisa Inlet,  B.C.

Hamiltair Ltd. acquired a total of 7 Fairmiles for $21,000 (Q122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128 and 129). The owner , Tom Hamilton intended to used the Fairmiles fleet  (after conversion and refurbishing) to handle guests at his resort “Malibu Club” in Princesss Louisa Inlet.

First registered: December 10, 1945  and renamed Malibu Inez (#176231).

Eng.:  2  Sterling Admiral 12 cylinders  petrol engines, 1800 H.P. and later changed to 2 Grey Marine Motor Co., oil engines, 45o H.P.

Owner 1951?: Cecil Irwin, New Westminster/ Nanaimo, B.C. and renamed Huntress, for side fishing.

December 13, 1951, register closed (Transport Canada). Sold to US citizens.

Renamed Viking then Island Adventures (no records)

August 1994, back in Canadian registry.

 

Other pictures of Q129

Malibu Inez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huntress

Viking

Island Adventures