One of the many wartime emergency ships to come from Burrard dry dock! mrdot.

Thanks Rick I cant wait to see you shots. Fred

Hi Fred, which makes your sharing them with us now, even more remarkable. Am currently scanning a large selection of slides of coasters and smaller cargo vessels from the same era - but they are nowhere near as impressive as your collection. Will start to post them soon.
Regards, Rick

Im so glad you like these oldies,they have been boxed up for
about 30 years and have been seen by no one.

Wow Fred, what a shot of this lovely old ship...formerly British too.
Launched on 30/04/1945 and commissioned on 28/11/1945 by Burrards, Vancouver, Canada (235) as the "Victory" class vessel HMS F29 "Fife Ness" and outfitted as a Royal Navy Landing Craft Repair & Maintenance Ship.
Transferred in 1947 to the Royal Air Force as a depot ship and renamed "Adastral".
Sold in 1953 to Goulandris Bros. Ltd., London and converted to a general cargo ship of 7,300 g.t. and 11,270 dwt. Note an additional bridge deck was added.
Renamed "Merlin" in 1954.
Arrived Whampoa, China for demolition 23/06/1971.
See other photo here as "Fife Ness":-
http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20F/slides/Fife%20Ness-01.html
Regards, Rick

I wish this is what we saw around here these days !!

Did not see anything like that at Port Huron yesterday -- Jan 13-- although the dark clouds were still there.