Vessels Built by the Matsumoto & Sons Shipyards Ltd.

compiled by John M. MacFarlane 2014

Isamu "Sam" Matsumoto was born in Japan. He was interned in the Okanagan region during the Second World War. He built two gill net fishboats in the Okanagan in 1949. He built boats for Nelson Bros. He relocated to Dollarton in the 1960s. His yard was taken over by Allied Shipbuilders.

Vessels Built by Matsumoto & Sons Shipyards Ltd., Dollarton BC.

78 matches. 2 pages. Max 50 records per page.
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Name Registration Vessel Type Year Built
Ocean Wave (II) 311890 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1959
Pacific Belle (II) 198950 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1955
Pacific Pearl (I) 188340 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1956
Porcher Island 188650 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1956
Real McCoy (I) 197392 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1952
Rita J. III 195909 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1953
Riviera No. 1 198565 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1952
Sea Sprite II (I) 314881 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1951
Sea Whirl 314881 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1951
Seamus (II) 195909 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1953
Sequoia (I) 194908 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1952
Silver Bounty (I) 198580 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1958
Sonata II 197676 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1954
Stormpoint (II) 322412 (Canada) Tug 1964
Sunnfjord 189617 (Canada) Fishboat, seiner 1957
Susan T. 198566 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1952
Tacony 313686 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1960
Tee-Em 319506 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1951
Terry-Diane 195425 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1952
Tracey Lee 188627 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1956
Vintage Port 197675 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1954
Vitabella 197701 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1954
Wanganui 197676 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1954
Wee Willie (I) 195474 (Canada) Passenger Vessel 1953
Westerner (III) 197655 (Canada) Fishboat, seiner 1954
WR Logger 322412 (Canada) Tug 1964
Wyndover 197658 (Canada) Yacht, power-cruiser 1954
Zodiac Light 198627 (Canada) Fishboat, general 1955

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