Built in 1940 in Vancouver by WR Menchions & Co. Ltd. for the Canadian Can Co.Ltd., Vancouver. In 1940 she was requisitioned by the Royal Canadian Navy Fishermen’s Reserve where she was used as a patrol boat in World War 2. She has been owned by a number of tug and towing companies in BC. She has had many name changes over the years and as of 2019 was still afloat. In 1942 her name went from Cancolim II to Flores when she was listed as an auxiliary craft in the Canadian Naval List.
The file includes correspondence regarding the requisition of the vessel for the Second World War between TM Stephen, AA Stephens, JT Edmond, TH Evans, the Chairman, and Lloyds Register of Shipping. There are four reports from JT Edmond from May 30, 1944 on the general condition of the hull and the general condition of machinery. There is also a leaf that has the cylinder measurements bore oversize.