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Registry #1	170421 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

Name 1	1937	B.C. Clipper	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

Year Built	1937	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	58.5' x 16.5' x 8.3'
Builder	Menchions, William R.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	58.87	Type 1	Fishboat, halibut
Registered Tonnage	37.73	Type 2
Engine	5bhp diesel engine (1937);	Engine Manufacture	Murphy Diesel Co., Milwaukee WI
Repower	Repowered with a 190hp engine (1958c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VDRJ
Pendant #		Masters

Owner(s)
In 1937-1952 she was owned by Martin K. Dyke, Vancouver BC. In 1952-1957 she was owned by Emil Jensen (MO), New Westminster BC. In 1957-1962 she was owned by Elmer Norman (MO), New Westminster BC. In 1962-1969 she was owned by Stansor Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1969-08-12

Named Features
Significance of Name

Anecdotes
This vessel is thought by some sources to have served as an auxiliary vessel in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. On August 11, 1969 the Canadian halibut vessel B. C. Clipper suffered an explosion of liquefied gas off Kodiak in August which took the lives of three of her crew. Toxic fumes made it impossible to fight the resulting fire and the five survivors abandoned ship. They were forced to remain in the frigid water for four hours when their life raft inflated upside down, but all were rescued by the fishboat Peggy Jo. The B. C. Clipper had delivered 100,000 pounds of halibut to Kodiak and was outward bound for the fishing banks when the accident occurred. (Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1969, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1975, p.71) Winston Tucker of Vancouver BC, his son Clarence Tucker and Charles Stanley of New Westminster BC were lost. Five others survived on an overturned life raft until rescued by the fishing vessel Peggy Jo. The vessel sank two miles southeast of Two Headed Island southwest of Kodiak AK.

Anecdotes

This vessel is thought by some sources to have served as an auxiliary vessel in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. On August 11, 1969 the Canadian halibut vessel B. C. Clipper suffered an explosion of liquefied gas off Kodiak in August which took the lives of three of her crew. Toxic fumes made it impossible to fight the resulting fire and the five survivors abandoned ship. They were forced to remain in the frigid water for four hours when their life raft inflated upside down, but all were rescued by the fishboat Peggy Jo. The B. C. Clipper had delivered 100,000 pounds of halibut to Kodiak and was outward bound for the fishing banks when the accident occurred. (Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1969, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1975, p.71) Winston Tucker of Vancouver BC, his son Clarence Tucker and Charles Stanley of New Westminster BC were lost. Five others survived on an overturned life raft until rescued by the fishing vessel Peggy Jo. The vessel sank two miles southeast of Two Headed Island southwest of Kodiak AK.

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Freeman, David J. (2000); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11927/148?r=0&s=4 ;
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