Heriot Bay, BC; August 18, 2014;

O.N.: 177617;

Ex Cape Perry;
built 1946 by Harbour Boatyards Ltd., Vancouver, BC;
L x B x D: 20.45 x 5.73 x 2.38 m; 75.62 gt.;
owner: Miles S. Ross, Parksville, BC

It was Capt. Vince King with Cape Perry who on 15Feb1950 rescued 10 survivors of the intercontinental B-36 bomber who had abandoned their aircraft on the night of 13-14Feb1950 after dropping a Mk. IV nuclear bomb in the Inside Passage between Campania and Ashdown islands, BC. (p. 50 of my book: Lost Nuke. The last flight of bomber 075. 2012. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., Victoria, BC)