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Name Date Built Where builit Builder Length Original Owner Notes Official No. Port of Registry
R. H. I / Pacific Sun 1931 Prince Rupert Suehiro 35
1985 owner: Viola Hurford, West Vancouver
Registration closed January 12, 2006
156823 Vancouver
R.W.




Capt. Anskar Wick.
• new iron tanks being installed at Atlas Boiler Works. (DN Jan 11/30)



Radar 1947 Masset Wylie, Alexander

2006 owner: Queen Charlotte City 327140 Prince Rupert
Ralaco



Port Simpson PRDN Oct 27, 1923.

Ramsefjord 1946 Cow Bay Wick, Ole 36

176791 Nanaimo
Real 1931 Dodge Cove Wahl, Edward 31
1985 owner: Prince Rupert (also 2006) 156821 Prince Rupert
Reaver / Moonrise 1961 Sointula
32
1985 owner: J. Armstrong, Vancouver 314775 Vancouver
Rebel 4 1952 Prince Rupert Wahl Boat Yard Ltd. 29
1985 owner: S. Estes, Quatsino
2006 owner: Courtenay
326902 Nanaimo
Red Boy




Pacific Salvage Co. power tug. (DN Ja31/31)
• brought over Bobolink from Digby Is. (Mar 22/30)



Redtop



Kitkatla on Ward ways for overhaul. PRDN Aug 30, 1924.

Rehab 1944 Oona River Iverson, Krist
Helge Essen


Reliance




Capt. R. Ringstead.
• minor repairs at Cow Bay. being refitted for sea. DN Nov 5/21)


Reliant / C-Buster 1972 Prince Rupert Prince Rupert Boatyard Ltd Wahl

Not in 1985 or 1992 List of Ships.
Registered June 8, 1972
2006 owners: Victoria
344767 Prince Rupert
Relief 1929 Prince Rupert McLean 40
1985 owner: R. Johnson, Vancouver
In 2006, the Relief was mounted beside a concrete footing of the Granville Street Bridge, Vancouver, to improve the view from a Granville Island restaurant. (Mariner Life, April 2006, p. 28)
 
155155 Prince Rupert
Remora No. 1 1956 Prince Rupert Wahl Boat Yard 35
1985 owner: J. Melin, Prince Rupert
2006 owner: Saltspring is.
198573 New Westminster
Rendal 1945 Cow Bay Wick, Ole 38 K. K. Berg 1985 owner: G. Woodcliffe, Surrey
see article in Westcoast Fisherman, May 1990.
176082 Prince Rupert
Rendezvous 1940 Dodge Cove Wahl, Edward 44
Registered March 2, 1973
1985 owner: Port Alberni
2006 owner: Tofino
172382 Port Alberni
Rennell Sound 1968 Prince Rupert Prince Rupert Boatyard Ltd Wahl 42
1985 owner: Rennell Sound Fishing, Vancouver 327157 Prince Rupert
Reward I 1940 Prince Rupert Wahl, Edward 38
1985 owner: Reward I Marine Co, Sooke
2006 owner: Soooke
172472 Prince Rupert
Ricy-Son 1959 Sointula
36
Became Dad-Son. 1985 owner: E. Schuler, Nanaimo 312788 Vancouver
Rider No. 1 1946 Masset Fredericksen, Seth 32
1985 owner: Sylvia O’Brien, West Vancouver 194983 Prince Rupert
Rividis [?] 1924 Prince Rupert Dry Dock 60 Dept. of Fisheries 2 built. PRDN May 10 1924.
headquarters in Swanson Bay. PRDN Aug 2, 1924.
[not sure of name.. it is hyphenated (2 lines) Riv-idis]


Robert Agnes, Casey Point 1950 Masset
35
Became Casey Point
1985 owner: Alex Blyth, Port Edward
193624 Prince Rupert
Robert B 1941 Cow Bay Matsumoto, Y. 56 Carl Bygdnes Launched February 12, 1941. 100 hp Vivean diesel. Bygdnes prev. owned the Gulvik. PRDN Feb. 15, 1941.
1985 owner: M. Kiselich, Surrey. registered length: 51’
2006 owner: Mission
172477 Vancouver
Rocky Joe 1971 Prince Rupert
27
1985 owner: Wayne Patterson, Prince Rupert
Closed Nov. 14, 2003
344773 Prince Rupert
Rococo 1958 Prince Rupert Wahl 33
1985 owner: J. Morgan, Campbell River
Registration closed November 24, 1995
189633 Prince Rupert
Roell 1951 Telegraph Cove
35
1985 owner: R. Botel, Port Hardy 193818 Vancouver
Roller Skate 1969 Queen Charlotte Regnery, Ed 31
1985 owner: T. Ruegg, Sidney 330275 Prince Rupert
Rollick 1955 Prince Rupert Wahl Boatyard Ltd. 37
1985 owner: A. Howich, Campbell River
2006 owner: North Vancouver
198569 Prince Rupert
Rota 1927 Prince Rupert Matsumoto Boat Works 32
1985 owner: E. Blums, Prince Rupert
2006 owner: K. Wheadon, Prince Rupert
330284 Prince Rupert
Royal Command 1977 Prince Rupert
35
1985 owner: PABB Enterprises, Prince Rupert
Closed August 6, 2002
369719 Prince Rupert
Royal III



Capt. Hadland, Oona River In town for hay for cattle. PRDN Jan 31, 1925

Ruby Mae
Work Channel

40 x 9.5 John Currie “I don’t know how old that boat was. The people around Port Simpson said she was built in whay they call Sawmill Bay.” actually Wrosfold Bay. (Tugboat Tales, p. 27)
Rebuilt at McLean boathouse, Cow Bay. "Will be fitted with a 14 hp Frispy engine." PR Daily News Oct 22, 1921.


Rupertite 1963 Cow Bay Wick Brothers Boatyards 37 George Howe Jr. Launched March, 1963. planked with yellow cedar with a fir bottom. 37’ x 11’. 105 hp Perkins diesel. Designed by Ralph Wick. Has vertical planks instead of horizontal, which ighten the craft. “This type of planing has been developing,” John Wick said. “I think it is the coming thing.” PRDN Mar 26, 1963
1985 owner: Farkas Charter, Qualicum Beach
2006 owner: S. Rempell, Refuge Cove
313090 Prince Rupert