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Roaming Chief II

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Registry #1 348500 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1973 Roaming Chief II Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1973 Place Haney Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 34.1' x 12.0' x 4.7'
Builder Woodbridge Fibreglass Ltd. Measurement (metric) 10m x ?m x ?m
Hull Glass Reinforced Plastic Displacement
Gross Tonnage 13.57 Type 1 Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage 9.23 Type 2
Engine 255bhp diesel engine (1973) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1973-1977 she waas owned by Bingham Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1977-11-25
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On October 10, 1977 when this vessel suffered a fire in the engine room off Favada Point in Georgia Strait and was declared a total loss.
 
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_t11865/1158?r=0&s=5;
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