Ship Details

Nanceda

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Photo Credit: Sharen Malone

 
 
Registry #1 193488 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 21061
 
Name 1 1950 Nanceda Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1950 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 73.5' x 21.2' x 8.7'
Builder W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 24.99m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 107.83 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 73.32 Type 2
Engine 400hp engine (1950) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1950-1967 she was owned by Louie Percich (MO), Ladner BC Canada. In 1967-1975 she was owned by Richard B. Secord, White Rock BC Canada. In 1975-1979 she was owned by Nanceda Fishing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1979-1980 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1980-1987 she was owned by Nanceda Fishing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2016-2018 she was owned by Bernice J. Isaac, Alert Bay BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1987-09-22
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named for a combination of the original owner's mother's name Nancy and her mother Eda.
 
Anecdotes
This boat was owned by Louie Percich, the great grandfather of the popular jazz singer and performer Michael Buble. On July 4, 1979 the Nanced collided with the Wespak in Grenville Channel BC Canada. On March 13, 1987 this vessel sank from an intake of water from below the waterline while near Carmanah Point in Juan de Fuca Strait BC Canada.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6371099&q=ship%20registration%20Nanceda&ecopy=e011467821 (website viewed 02/02/2025); Report of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada - Fishing Vessels and Pleasure Craft Losses (December 22, 1993);
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