John A. Clarkson was a fulltime member of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada where reviewed and approved investigation reports regarding all air, rail, marine and pipeline accident/incidents. While working with the Council of Marine Carriers (CMC) he brought about changes to the new Marie Personnel Regulations for the west coast marine industry. He was also the Head of Delegation for Canada to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). He was an Associate Dean and Head of the British Columbia Institute of Technology Marine Campus. He has connections with the national Pilotage Authorities, the Shipping Federation of Canada, the Canadian Shipowners Association, and the Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia. John retired in August of 2016, but since then has taken on advisor and part time positions. From 2018 to 2019 he was a Marine Technical Advisor for the National Board of Energy and starting November of 2019 he has been the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Maritime Museum of BC. He currently resides in Sooke.
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Chamiss Bay was built in 1928 in Vancouver by WR Menchions & Co. Ltd. as a seiner fishing boat for the Nanaimo Shipyards. 1942 ownership was seized from the Japanese owners and transferred to the The Crown and was requisitioned for the Fishermen’s Reserve as a patrol vessel, a DEMS vessel and as a tender to HMCS Chatham.
The file contains correspondence regarding the requisition of the vessel for the Second World War between Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, AA Stephens, HG Robinson, and FA Willsher. It also contains reports on work found necessary and carried out, and reports on hull and machinery conditions, and cylinder bore dimensions.
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