Ship Details

Sundown (IV)

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Photo Credit: Kyle Subbs

 
 
Registry #1 152690 (Canada) Registry #2 293434 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1924 Sundown (IV) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1924 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 53.6' x 14.8' x 6.8'
Builder W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 44 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 28 Type 2
Engine 4hp engine (1924) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 65hp 3-cylinder Atlas engine (1945c); Repowered with a 300hp Cummins diesel engine; Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1957 she was rebuilt as a hardware sales boat. In 1964 she was converted to a liveaboard. Call Sign
Pendant  # WO8990 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1924 she was owned by Canadian interests. In 1931 she was owned by Richard and Norman C. Nelson (JO), New Westminster BC Canada. In 1933-1945 she was owned by Sundown Shipping Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1957 she was owned by Mac & Mac Hardware. In 1958-1961 she was owned by Sundown Shipping Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. She was listed In United States Registry O/N #293434. In 1964-1965 she was owned by William C. Gilbert, Seattle WA USA. In 1979 she was owned by Dick Kelleher. In 1990-1997 she was owned by Captain Joseph & Sharon Bettis, Bellingham Washington USA. She was owned by John R. Kulseth Jr. In 2013-2024 she was owned by Mike Campbell, Wilson WY USA.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Hull- Cedar/fir. Frames- Oak. Decks- Fir. Cabin- Fir. Cabin Configuration: Pilothouse forward with after cabin. Special Notes: Originally built as a seiner, converted to a hardware sales vessel in 1957. Converted to a liveaboard in 1964. Currently registered in Seattle WA. (In 1990 this vessel was designated as a British Columbia Vintage Vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.) Capt. Joseph Bettis, Deer Harbor, WA reports that "In 1957 this vessel was caught in a yard fire and damaged somewhat, but not too seriously..Capt. Bowles skippered her for 30 years for Mac and Mac, selling hardware all around Vancouver Island as Sundown Shipping Company. I bought her in the 1980s and kept her for ten years. This vessel now belongs to a new owner and is docked on Lopez Island."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email Correspondence (Captain Joseph Bettis-Nauticapedia 02/03/2015); https://cgmix.uscg.mil/psix/psixsearch.aspx (website viewed 16/03/2024);
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