Q069
July 2, 1942 – Origin unknown (E-3303)
Builder:A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. Vancouver, B.C. |
Commissioned:March 28, 1942 |
Launched:December 4, 1941 |
Disposal:October 6, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 5, 1945 by WAC to Willard Garfield Weston, Caufield, Vancouver, B.C. and renamed Hardwood.
Owner 1946: Albert Loftus McLennan, Vancouver, director of United Distilleries.
Owner 1950: Duncan Harwood & Co. Ltd. Vancouver.
Resold to George H. and Henry F.Reifel, Vancouver and renamed Casa Mia (#176502). Reifel family was the owner of another B.C. Distillery that merged with UDC.
Sam Bronfman acquired Harwood when he bought out UDC in 1953.
Resold about mid-60’s to Casa Mia Holdings Ltd. Vancouver (Roy E. Canedy, Pres. ) as a private yacht to 1972.
Eng. : 2 Gray Marine 1944 oil engines.
Resold in 1973 to Bounty Cruises Ltd. for cruise boat and registered in Suva, Fidji Is.
Sunk during a cyclone in 1978 near Beachcomber, Fidji Islands.
Other pictures of Q069
Origin unknown
Ron Turner collection
Funnel of Q069. Ron Turner collection
View from Q069. Ron Turner collection
Sea trials-Dave Holsworth collection
Launch day-Dave Holsworth collection
Harwood
Christian Sheppard collection
Christian Sheppard collection
June 1947, Campbell River, British-Columbia, Ron Williams collection
August 1947, cruising off Point Atkinson, British-Columbia, Ron Williams collection
Vancouver Public Library collection
Casa Mia
Vancouver, B.C. Sue Lane collection
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