Ship Details
Roamer (II) Photo Credit: Rick James photo

 

Registry #1	156588 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1930	Steveston III	Name 6
Name 2	1951	Roamer (II)	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1930	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Yasujiro Nakade	Measurement (imp)	51.0' x 14.3' x 6.6'
Builder	Nakade Boat Works (Yasujiro Nakade)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	36.9	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	25.09	Type 2
Engine	3hp diesel engine (1930);	Engine Manufacture	Union Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA
Repower	55hp engine (1945c); Repowered with a 100hp engine (1949c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1930-1934 she was owned by Senkichi Ikari, Steveston BC Canada. In 1934 she was owned by Ryotari Kita, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934-1939 she was owned by Kuranosuke Hashimoto, Steveston BC Canada. In 1939-1945 she was owned by Ernesto Dal Secco, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1945-1954 she was owned by Hans P. Cornelius (MO) and by Hans Josok, New Westminster BC Canada. In 1957-1959 she was owned by John S. Filling, Langley Prairie BC Canada. In 1959-1972 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries, Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1978 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1978-08-21

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On July 4, 1978 this vessel grounded and sank in Otter Cove, on the west coast of Vancouver Island BC Canada. Rick James stated (Email to Nauticapedia 17/11/2025) that "I was workin' on a seiner and as the skiffman would paddle the beachman into the Johnstone Strait beach to tie up the end of the net on a tree."

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; 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_t11866/1502?r=0&s=5;
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