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MORESY III FY42
Fishermen's Reserve Vessel
Built in 1926 by A.W. LePage, Vancouver, BC, she was owned by Ryo Tarrokita. She was requisitioned by the Crown in Apr 1942 (with ownership transferred to the Crown in Sep 1942). Moresby II was was used as a vessel of the Fishermen's Reserve. In Mar 1944, with the Fishermen's Reserved being disbanded, she was sold to M.W. Spring of Victoria, B.C. and later Fred Joliff of Alert Bay, BC. After the war, Moresby had fished all over BC and in Alaska’s Kodiak Island. While originally a seiner, she had been used variously as a shrimper, halibut long liner, rock cod fisher and in its last piscatorial adventure, a mother ship in the Geoduck industry. In 2008 she was purchased by Norm Johnson who had her extensively modernized and reconditioned for use as a private yacht.
Commanding Officers
Cox'n Angus Theodore Thodeson, FR, RCNR - 29 Jun 1942 - unk
Cox'n Cyril Gardiner, RCNR - 18 Mar 1943 - unk
SLt Wilfred Leroy Secord, RCNVR - 15 May 1944 - unk
They shall not be forgotten
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
