CGS Estevan : Midship Section at Frame 48...
Built in 1912 by the Collingwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. as a Canadian government lighthouse tender. In 1930-1940 she was owned by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries in Ottawa and from 1940 to 1970 she was owned by the Minister of Transport. She w...
Clarkson, John A.
Correspondence – Fish Packer “Maraudor”/“Marauder”
Maraudor was built in 1918 in Washington State by the US Navy Yard as a submarine chaser. It said that she had operated as a rum runner. In 1930-1931 she was owned by Pacific and Foreign Navigation Co. Vancouver and then subsequent other BC owners...
Clarkson, John A.
Correspondence – MS “Sans Peur”
Built in 1933 in Woolston Southhampton. She was requisitioned 1940-1947 as an armed yacht.
The file contains correspondence regarding the requisition of the vessel for the Second World War between JT Edmond, HG Robinson, VG Brodeur, Lloyds Regist...
Clarkson, John A.
Correspondence – MV “Fifer”
Fifer was designed by Robert Allan and built in 1939 by Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd for Empire Stevedoring Co Ltd. In 1942 she was requisitioned for the Fishermen’s Reserve as a patrol boat and a tender to HMCS Givenchy and HMCS Givenchy II.
Correspon...
Clarkson, John A.
Correspondence – SS “Salvage Chieftain”
Built in 1908 in Esquimalt she has been owned by a number of different government departments. 1940-1946 she was owned by Pacific Salvage Co. during which she was requisitioned for the Second World War.
There is mainly correspondence in this file ...
Clarkson, John A.
Correspondence – “Departure Bay”
Departure Bay was built in 1928 in Nanimo as a fishpacker. 1937-1942 she was owned by Nanaimo Shipyards. She was seized in 1942 from the Japanese owners and ownership was transferred to the The Crown and requisitioned into Fishermen’s Reserve as a...
Clarkson, John A.