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Seymour NarrowsPhoto Credit: Vancouver Maritime Museum Photo 17831 |
Registry #1 | 179598 (Canada) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1945c | SC-730 (U.S.S.) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 1949c | Kaigani II (I) | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | 1951 | Seymour Narrows | Name 8 | ||
Name 4 | 1956 | Triggerfish (I) | Name 9 | ||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1945c | Place | Kingston | Area | NY | Country | USA |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 108.0' x 18.4' x 8.0' |
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Builder | Hittebrant, G. | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | 149 | Type 1 | Submarine chaser |
Registered Tonnage | 84.18 | Type 2 | Freighter |
Engine | diesel engine (10kts) | Engine Manufacture | (nk) |
Repower | Propulsion | Screw | |
Rebuilds | She was was rebuilt. | Call Sign | |
Pendant # | Masters | Captain Douglas Manuel (1956); |
Owner(s) |
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In 1945 she was owned by the US Navy. In 1949-1951 she was owned by Davidson Marine Freight Ltd., Vancouver BC. She was owned by the Tidewater Shipping Co. Ltd. In 1956 she was owned by the Union Steamship Co., Vancouver BC. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1956-00-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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This vessel was a wooden coastal freighter converted from an ex-USN sub chaser. In a 1955 incident this vessel was caught in a beam sea, heeled over and a cargo of steel plates slid off her deck into the sea off Cape Roger Curtis. On October 6, 1956 this freighter was on a run up Howe Sound with a general cargo when this vesselcapsized and sank one mile off Whytecliff in Howe Sound with the loss of three lives: Chris Karsten; Boyne A. Hay, and Chris Junker. |
References |
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; George Duddy (2016); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Tuesday November 27, 1956 page 16; The Province (Vancouver BC) Saturday October 6, 1956 page 3; |
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