Q070
Origin unknown
Builder:Star Shipyards (Mercer’s) Ltd. New-Westminster, B.C. |
Commissioned:March 14, 1942 |
Launched:September 17, 1941 |
Disposal:October 12, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 10, 1945 by WAC to Marine Manufacturing Construction Co., Vancouver, B.C. and renamed Machigonne (#176475).
Owner 1945-48: Radium Chemical Co. , Vancouver (converted to transport workmen).
1948 -Sold to Gibson Brothers of Sea Bus Lines and used as a ferry from Horseshoe Bay (northwest of Vancouver) to Gibson’s Landing.
1951 -Sold to Black Ball Ferries Ltd., Victoria, to run as a passenger ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale but never used.
1952-Sold to Gulf Line Ltd., Vancouver and renamed Gulf Ranger.
Owner 1954: William Clark Gibson, Vancouver.
1957-Sold to Johnston Strait Enterprises Ltd., Sointula, Malcom Island, B.C. and renamed Coast Ranger.
1958-60 Registration returned to W.Clark Gibson.
1960- Sold to Toni Parrot Bothwell, West Vancouver and renamed Saracen III.
1961-Sold to Pacific Cruises Ltd., North Vancouver (for cargo).
1972-Sold to Halger M. Ohman, Ohman Boatyards, New Westminster, B.C. and renamed Lahaina Lady. He made extensive repairs, added the main and wheelhouse decks. The Ohmans lived on the boat for many years but never carried him to sea.
1993-Sold to Jim Hunt. He completed the electronics, made it seaworthy and brought it to the Queen Charlotte Islands.This was the first time that the boat had moved under it’s own power for 21 years.
1994-2002 The boat was moored at Port Edward, Prince Rupert, B.C.
May 2003-Sold to John J.Boyd, Campbell River, B.C. and renamed Noble Lady. Moored at The Discovery Harbour Marina, Campbell River where the Boyds live aboard. (author’s visit april 2015)
June 2022-Sold to Tom Steinner Gibsons, B.C. and registered as Machigonne.
Coast Reporter March2023, Why is that old boat in Gibsons Harbour? – Coast Reporter
Other pictures of Q070
Origin unknown
Origin unknown
Machigonne
John Boyd collection
Gary Little collection
Origin unknown
Gulf Ranger
John Boyd collection
Coast Ranger
Saracen III
Lahaina Lady
The Discovery Harbour Marina, Campbell River, B.C. Jan. 2006. John Boyd collection
Origin unknown
Noble Lady
Campbell River, B.C. Oct. 08, 2013, Dirk Septer collection
Fisherman’s Wharf, Campbell River, B.C. Author’s visit, April 26. 2015. Author collection
Fisherman’s Wharf, Campbell River, B.C. Author’s visit, April 26. 2015. Author collection
Q071
H.W. Patterson collection
Builder:Star Shipyards (Mercer’s) Ltd. New-Westminster, B.C. |
Commissioned:April 15, 1942 |
Launched:October 6, 1941 |
Disposal:November 7, 1945 |
Career:
Sold November 2, 1945 by WAC to Gulf Lines Ltd. Vancouver and renamed Gulf Wing (#176497).
Owner 1954: Marine Express Lines Ltd., Vancouver, as passenger and small-freight service , West Coast and Gulf Islands.
Eng. : 2 Vivian Eng. Works, Vancouver oil engines 640 H.P.
Feb., 1958 – Sunk near Alert Bay, B.C. raised and sold.
Owner 19??: Oswald H. New & Co., Vancouver. Renamed Troubadour III.
Owner 19??: Tidewater Shipping Co. Ltd., Vancouver and renamed Nimpkish Princess.
Owner 1969: Northland Shipping (1962) Ltd., Vancouver and renamed Northland Princess, as a yacht.
Owner 1980: Pacific Adventures Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver and renamed Kona Winds, as a yacht.
Owner 2002: Kona Winds Yacht Charter Ltd.( capt.Bruce Kerr), Vancouver.
website: www.konawindscharters.com
Sept. 2009- Moored in Gibsons, B.C.
Owner June 3, 2011: 0908312 B.C. Ltd. Powell River B.C. and renamed Knight Time II. Used as a base camp for a log sort in Hotham Sound, B.C.
Dec. 2015: rumor heard recentky that the boat had sunk but no details.
Other pictures of Q071
Star Shipyards, New-Westminster, B.C., summer 1942, H.W. Patterson collection
Gulf Wing
Gerald Rushton collection-Illustrated History of the Union Steamship Company
Off Powell River B.C. origin unknown
West Vancouver Art Museum collection
Troubadour III
Nimpkish Princess
Vancouver Dec. 27, 1960. City of Vancouver Archives (CVA 447-7173) / Walter E. Frost collection
Northland Princess
July 17, 1964. City of Vancouver Archives (CVA 447-7173.1) / Walter E. Frost collection
Kona Winds
Don Houghton collection
August 25, 1985. Cruising in Vancouver, B.C. René Beauchamp collection
Barbara Coast Marina, Vancouver, B.C. September 2002. Author collection
Setember 2002, the author at wheel of Kona Winds on the way back from Indian Arm, Vancouver, B.C. Author collection
Vancouver, B.C. Origin unknown
Knight Time II
Q072
Origin unknown
Builder:Grew Boats Limited Penetang, Ont. |
Commissionned:November 24, 1941 |
Launched:November 12, 1941 |
Disposal:July 17, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 24, 1945 by WAC to Acme Boat & Salvage Co., New-York, N.Y.
Fate unknown.
Other pictures of Q072
- Origin unknown
Q072 & 073 at St-John, N.B. on VE-Day, Angus Kenning collection
LT John Joynt and Sub Lt John Dobbs on the bridge. Kevin Joynt collection
Allan Jamieson collection
Converted Fairmile Unknown
Q073
Origin unknown
Builder:Grew Boats Limited Penetang, Ont. |
Commissionned:November 24, 1941 |
Launched:November 23, 1941 |
Disposal:July 17, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 24, 1945 by WAC to Acme Boat & Salvage Co., New-York, N.Y.
Fate unknown.
Other pictures of Q073
Origin unknown
Origin unknown
Converted Fairmile Unknown
Q074
Musée Naval de Québec collection
Builder:Minett-Shields Ltd. Bracebridge, Ont. |
Commissionned:May 26, 1942 |
Launched:April 30, 1942 |
Disposal:June 23, 1945 |
Career:
Sold November 28, 1945 by WAC. Registered November 10, 1947 and renamed Aloma III (#178975).
Owner 1948: George B. Burchell, pres. North Shore Steamship Co., Little Bras D’Or, Nova- Scotia.
Eng. : 2 GM 1946 oil engines 330 H.P.
Owner 1952: James M. Mackay, Hygera Steamship Co., New Glasgow, Nova-Scotia.
Sept., 1957- Sold USA and renamed Terra Mar.
Owner 1961: Charles Blickle, Hamden, Connecticut.
Other pictures of Q074
Musée Naval de Québec collection
Ewart and Fran.Leyland, Conception Bay, Portugal Cove, Nfld. 1944. Musée Naval de Québec collection
Bell Island, Nfld. Musée Naval de Québec collection
Musée Naval de Québec collection
Aloma III
<Terra Mar
Charles R Brickle Collection
Pier 66, Ft Lauderdale, around 1959, Charles R Blickle collection
Q075
Origin unknown
Builder:Minett-Shields Ltd. Bracebridge, Ont. |
Commissionned:June 22, 1942 |
Launched:May 12, 1942 |
Disposal:July17, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 24, 1945 by WAC to Acme Boat & Salvage Co., New-York, N.Y.
Fate unknown.
Other pictures of Q075
Converted Fairmile Unknown
Q076
Digby Wharf, Nova-Scotia. Origin unknown
Builder:Minett-Shields Ltd. Bracebridge, Ont. |
Commissionned:June 22, 1942 |
Launched:May 12, 1942 |
Disposal:July 17, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 24, 1945 by WAC to Acme Boat & Salvage Co., New-York, N.Y.
Fate unknown.
Other pictures of Q076
Honey Harbour Boat Works, origin unknown
Origin unknown
Converted Fairmile Unknown
Q077
Al Clark collection
Builder:Greavette Boats Limited Gravenhurst, Ont. |
Commissionned:June 2, 1942 |
Launched:May 12, 1942 |
Disposal:July 17, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 23, 1945 to Consolidated Shipping Corp., c/o Marine Industries Ltd, Sorel ,Quebec.
Sold 1947 to Coastal Shipping Corp.
Fate unknown.
Other pictures of Q077
Douglas Lancaster collection
Doug Beckner collection
Doug Beckner collection
Towing at Sorel, Qué. War surplus. André Guévremont collection
Converted Fairmile Unknown
Q078
Off St-John’s Nfld. Origin unknown
Builder:Greavette Boats Limited Gravenhurst, Ont. |
Commissionned:June 2, 1942 |
Launched:May 6, 1942 |
Disposal:July 17, 1945 |
Career:
Sold october 19, 1945 to George Elie, Transit Tankers &Terminals Ltd., Montreal.
Purchased early 1946 by C.C.Pratt Co., Montreal, for conversion by Montreal Dry Docks Limited and sold ($7,900) to Creole Petroleum Corp., Caracas, Venezuela (subsidiary of Standard Oil of N.J. ) (Esso).
After conversion, renamed Esso Cardonal and delivered in July 1946 to Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Creole Corp. purchased four in all, the others being Esso Ayacucho (Q056), Esso Concordia (Q061), and Esso Taparita (Q081) and intends to use them for carrying work crews to the oil derricks (about 27 miles from shore).
Scrapped about 1957.
Other pictures of Q078
Esso Cardonal
Q079
Musée Maritime du Québec collection
Builder:J.J. Taylor & Sons Ltd. Toronto, Ont. |
Commissionned:May 27, 1942 |
Launched:April 30, 1942 |
Disposal:June 15, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 24, 1945 by WAC to James L. Gillanders, Toronto.
Owner 1946: Herbert E. Corbett, mining engineer, Oakville, Ont. and renamed Nancy Grace (#174988).
Eng. : 2 Gray Marine 1945 oil engines 450 H.P.
Sold May 19, 1949 to Dept. of National Defence for Naval Reserves and renamed PTC-779 ( Power Training Craft) for HMCS Prevost then Racoon to October 1956.
Owner 1960: Morton P. Jubin, Town of Mount Royal, Qué. and renamed Lady Enid (#174988). Registered Montreal, then Nassau, Bahamas.
Other pictures of Q079
Origin unknown
May 27, 1942. Gunning trials, Lake Ontario, Ont. Library and Archives Canada /PA-134340
Origin unknown
Oakville Harbour, Ont., sold to Herbert E. Corbett. Origin unknown
Oakville Harbour, Oakville, Ont., sold to Herbert E. Corbett. Origin unknown
Oakville Boat Works 1946, sold to Herbert E. Corbett. Origin unknown
Origin unknown
Q079, Dartmouth N.S. 1943, Roger Litwiller collection
Nancy Grace
June 25 1946, Toronto Star Archives Collection
1946, Oakville, Ontario. Origin unknown
Racoon PTC 779
HMCS Raccoon PTC 779. Origin unknown
Eriau Drydock & Shipbuilding Co. Eriau, Ont., 1956 Gerry Ouderkirk & Alvon Jackson collection
Lady Enit
