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Q067

Posted on Saturday, April 4, 2009 in ---Q060 to Q069

Taken off Vancouver. H.W.Patterson collection

Taken off Vancouver. H.W.Patterson collection

Builder:

Vancouver Shipyards Co.

Vancouver, B.C.

Commissioned:

March 27, 1942

Launched:

November 27, 1941

Disposal:

October 10, 1945

Career:

Sold October 10, 1945 by WAC to Coal Island Ltd., Sydney, B.C.

Registered in Victoria, B.C. June 11, 1946 and renamed Stanger II (#176672).

Eng. :  2 1946 GM diesel engines 1000 H.P.

The owner until 1963 was Capt. Fred E. Lewis of Coal Island. Stranger II was sold in 1963 when the Captain passed away.  Soon after, caught fire in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and sank.

Transfer to U.S. registry  January 3, 1964 and lost by fire in September 1966.

Other pictures of Q067

Missing/Wanted

Stranger II

Lewis Bay on Coal Island, in the 60's, photo by Jack Case, Western Mariner April 2007.

Lewis Bay on Coal Island, in the 60's, photo by Jack Case, Western Mariner April 2007.

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