Boeing Canada ~ Shipbuilding History

Boeing Canada

Vancouver BC

Most recent update: July 16, 2021.

The Hoffar Motor Boat Company was started by James Hoffar, a well-known dealer in marine engines, in the 1900s. The yard was at 1927 West Georgia, in the Coal Harbour district of Vancouver. In 1925, he merged the yard with the neighbouring Beeching Boat Yard, and became Hoffar-Beeching. In addition to building yachts and fishing vessels, Hoffar was intrigued by the idea of seaplanes and built several. Then, in 1929, Boeing bought Hoffar-Beeching and renamed it Boeing Canada. Their plan was to build seaplanes there, which they did, but they continued to build boats too, until WWII came, they moved to the huge Sea Island assembly plant and closed the boatyard. See the record of their U.S. boatyard here.

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	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Built	Notes
Built by Hoffar Motor Boat Company
	130448	Wimbril	Gilbert D. Jukes	yacht	9	1911	retired 2010
	130693	Sterling D	John Plowman	tugboat	11	1911	later Tug No. 2, Vicki
	130759	Leonard M	Leonard C. Miles	yacht	15	1911	later Tonelle, Eagle Wings, retired 2010
	133883	Kathleen III	G. E. Williamson	yacht
	141817	Ailsa II	Bob Granger	sloop	9	1911	retired 1920
		Walithy I		power boat	32	1918	later Odalisque (US ON 253820)
	141026	Aliford Bay	D. T. Sanderson	seiner	71	1918	retired 2008
	154826	Froggie		yacht	15	1919
	141725	Repco	Mainland Timber	trawler	12	1920	later Harmony
	150429	Sannie II	Sannie Transportation	work boat	5	1921	retired
	150435	Sannie III	Sannie Transportation	work boat	5	1921	retired
		Alder	Dept. of Lands	patrol boat	7	1921	sold 1947
		Balsam	Dept. of Lands	patrol boat	7	1921	sold 1947
	150443	F. G. Oak	Dept. of Lands	patrol boat	7	1921	later Sanyl, retired 2010
	150653	Privateer	Isadore Claman	yacht	12	1922
	150669	Inomar I	James Hoffar	yacht		1922
	150988	Mandalay B.	George Beeching	yacht	21	1923
	151066	Point Upwood				1923	retired 1987
	151134	Ariel III	James F. Malkin	work boat	11	1923
	151177	Rendezvous	Columbia Coast Mission	work boat	12	1924	later Tari Jacque, retired 2010
	152534	Inomar II	James Hoffar	yacht		1924
	152547	Geolande	Hugh MacKay	power cruiser	5	1924	later Dawn's Ark, retired 2008
	152809	Willeena F	Gordon Farrell	yacht	20	1925	retired 2010
	152909	Inomar III	James Hoffar	yacht		1925
		Scaramouche	A. H. Buck	yacht
Built by Hoffar-Beeching
	154927	Blue Fox	Hudson Bay Co.	trawler	4	1925	retired 2008
	153045	Koprino		trawler	87	1926	retired 2012
	153058	Cape Ball		trawler	49	1926
	153059	Cape Calvert		trawler	49	1926	retired 1987
	153186	Lady Bug	Arthur Taylor	work boat	9	1926
	153199	Koskeemo		trawler	87	1926	retired
	154344	Malolo	Ronald Wilson	work boat	2	1927	retired 1965
	154348	Red Arrow	H. S. Wilder	work boat		1927	retired
	154374	East Bay No. 1	East Bay Packing	seiner	35	1927	retired 1950
	154424	Jolly B				1927	retired 2001
	154425	PML 4	B. C. Prov. Police	patrol boat	6	1927	later ML 4, retired 1999
	154533	B.C.P. III	B. C. Packers	work boat	9	1927	exploded 1931
	154534	B.C.P. IV	B. C. Packers	work boat	9	1927	burned 1934
	154538	Roscrana	C. G. Beeching	work boat	7	1927	retired 2008
	154547	Willowbee G	George E. Gudewill	power boat	48	1927	later Aileen, Alice B, Lena K, retired 1998
	154572	Regah	Canadian Fishing Co.	power boat	12	1927	retired
	154574	Mamita	C. H. Belanger	recreational	17	1927	to US flag as Dandy Too (ON 1110723)
	154635	Shelmerdine	W. M. Ridley		7	1927	exploded 1932
	154642	Clayoquot	Taylor Shipping	freighter	69	1927	later Mary Tayler, Western Princess, Clayoquot, R.P.M., retired 2008
	154649	Nasoga	Dept. of Fisheries	power boat	21	1928	later Senepa, retired 2004
	154650	Beldis	Dept. of Nat'l. Revenue	patrol boat	21	1928
	154651	Pursepa	Dept. of Fisheries	power boat	21	1928
	154668	Kablewee	Edward McGlachan	power boat	7	1928
	154674	Goglu	G. L. H. Boyer	power boat	7	1927
	154690	Northern Light I	Taylor Shipping	power boat	21	1928	later Nodlew I, Trasnagh II, Yonder, retired 1999
	154736	PML 5	B. C. Prov. Police	patrol boat	6	1928	later ML 5, Chispa
	154737	Deerleap	Andrew W. McLimont	power cruiser	59	1928	later Quenca, Fifer, Grampian, Kitten F, Barbara O'H, Bardick, Fifer
	154828	PML 6	B. C. Prov. Police	patrol boat	22	1928	later ML 6, Dali-Anne
	154911	C. R. Garner	Charles R. Garner	work boat	4	1928
	154912	Blue Goose	John Harford	work boat	4	1928
	154929	Cancolim	American Can Co.	power cruiser	66	1928	to RCN 1942 as HMCS Cancolim, sold 1946 as Carol 2
	155072	Coast Quarries Jr.	Coast Quarries Ltd.	tugboat	4	1928	collision and sank 1945
	155099	Peter Pan	David N. Hossie	power boat	12	1929	retired
	155105	Le Martinet	Edward McGlachan	power boat	13	1928	retired
	155255	Mable C	John Churchland	work boat	11	1929	retired
	155257	Mt. Brunswick	St. Mark's Parish	mission boat	9	1929	retired
	155258	Timreh	Reginald H. Tupper	tugboat	9	1929	retired 2008
	155277	Cloyah II	Dept. of Fisheries	trawler	19	1929
	155278	Swantail II	Dept. of Fisheries	work boat	19	1929	retired 2008
	156630	Canadian II	W. C. Shelley	recreational	148	1929	later Seyelyn II 1931, to USN 1942, sold 1951 as Nechako, Cora Marie 1983
	US flag	Deerleap	Richard Gardner	recreational	91	1929	(US ON 281517)
Built by Boeing Canada
	158297	Constanter		yacht	25	1929	later Deirdre, Blueback, Constanter, retired 2011
	158598	Hulakai	Boeing Canada	yacht	25	1929	to U.S. registry 2008 (ON 1216874)
	158914	Vanisle	BC-Packers	Fishpacker	83	1929	to RCN 1942 as HMCS Vanisle, returned 1945, B.C.P. 50, Pacific Grizzly, sank 2014
	156875	Taconite	Taconite Ltd.	yacht	289	1930
	156888	Nonchalant	Boeing Canada	yacht	24	1930	to US flag 2003 (ON 247230)
	837922	Clupea II	Dept. of Fisheries	patrol boat	14	1930	sold 1959
	156908	Wyrill	Pacific Mills	yacht	50	1931	to US flag 1999 (ON 289827)
	157211	N. Vancouver Ferry No. 4	City of N. Vancouver	ferry	418	1931	later Prince Rupert Airport Ferry, Digby Island Ferry, sank 1972
	UK flag	Mavourneen		schooner	21	1934	to US flag as Landfall II (ON 234648)
	158571	Bonilla Rock No. 2	Dept. of Fisheries	patrol boat	23	1935	retired 2010
	158589	G.P.L. No. 5				1935	retired 1984
	158594	Green Light	Western Towing	work boat	16	1935	later Khusam
	158896	Goodson	Goodwin Johnson	tugboat	5	1936	later Sea Bee III
	158911	San Juan I	Empire Fishing	seiner	90	1936
	158939	Tarquin				1936	retired 2000
	170392	Stanpoint	Standard Shipping	tugboat	68	1937	later Broughton Straits, wrecked and abandoned 1954
	170399	Barmar	Standard Shipping	tugboat	38	1937	to RCN 1940 as HMCS Barmar, returned 1945, H.C. 115, Clavella
	170413	Snow Prince	Nootka Packing	seiner	88	1937	to RCN 1941, to RCAF-1942, sold 1946
	170417	Adriatic Star	Walter Carr	seiner	92	1937
	170418	Snow Fall	Canadian Fishing Co.	seiner	51	1937
	170764	M172/Scoter	R.C.A.F.	patrol boat	11	1937	to D.P.W. 1947, retired 2004
	170937	Twin Isles	Maquinna Investments	work boat	25	1937	to RCN 1940 as HMCS Andamara, yacht Sylva Queen
	170931	B.C.P. 52	BC-Packers	fishing boat	89	1938	retired 1984
	170946	Bligh Island		Fishpacker	109	1938
	170965	Fishtrap	BC-Min. of Lands	fishing boat	18	1938	later Dogwood, Annadot
	172349	Pacific Queen				1940
	174071	La Garde	Vancouver tugboat	tugboat	128	1942	later North Arm Guardian