Bids on Surplus Boats

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 British Columbia Archives

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This record is an invitation to purchase surplus military vessels at an auction held at the Esquimalt dockyards in 1945. On the reverse side of the invitation is a list of vessels that are for sale. All ships on the list (“Crest”, “Departure Bay”, Early Field”, “Moresby III”, “Comber”, “Seiner”, “Spray” and “Western Maid”) were previously owned by Japanese Canadians with the exception of the HMCS “Sea Wave”.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized selectively.

DESCRIPTION

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 bca_ms_0448_box_6_file_bids.pdf Bids on Surplus Boats M. Montgomery Researcher Gordon Lyall Metadata author Gordon Lyall Metadata author Lindsey Jacobson Created file.
DescriptionTitle ProperBids on Surplus BoatsDate(s) of material from this resource digitized1945General material designation

From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.

Scope and content

This record is an invitation to purchase surplus military vessels at an auction held at the Esquimalt dockyards in 1945. On the reverse side of the invitation is a list of vessels that are for sale. All ships on the list (“Crest”, “Departure Bay”, Early Field”, “Moresby III”, “Comber”, “Seiner”, “Spray” and “Western Maid”) were previously owned by Japanese Canadians with the exception of the HMCS “Sea Wave”.

Name of creator

Star Shipyard (Mercers) Ltd. created this archive.

Immediate source of acquisition

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized selectively.

StructureRepositoryBritish Columbia ArchivesFondsStar Shipyard (Mercers) Ltd. FondsSeriesStar ShipyardsSub-seriesPR0260 MS0448 BOX 6