Ship Details

Tlell

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Photo Credit: Rick James photo c1984 at Donegal Head, Malcolm Island BC

 
 
Registry #1 178806 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 21701
 
Name 1 1947 Tlell Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1947 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 52.9' x 15.5' x 6.4'
Builder Sterling Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 16m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 41 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 31.46 Type 2
Engine 80hp diesel engine (1947) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Vancouver BC
Repower Repowered in 1975 with a 246bhp diesel engine by General Motors Corp., Detroit MI USA Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VYQB
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1947-1973 she was owned by The Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973-1983 she was owned by Frank Boudreau (MO) and Edna R. Bourdeau (JO), Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1983-1984 she was owned by Snow Drift Fishing Ltd., Prince Rupert BC Canada and Innes and Pierce Fishing Co. Ltd., Prince Rupert BC Canada and by Frank Boudreau (MO) and Edna R. Bourdeau (JO), Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1996 she was owned by Canadian interests.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1996-01-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On September 17, 1979 this vessel suffered significant damage after grounding and sinking in Parsons Bay BC Canada. On October 23, 1984 this vessel sank from an inflow of water from below the waterline on the eastern side of Talunkwan Island BC Canada. Rick James states that "the seiner Tlell was wrecked in the 1980s on the rocks at Donegal Head east of Malcolm Island BC Canada."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6391496&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20178806&ecopy=e011478488 (website viewed 31/08/2025); Email (Rick James - Nauticapedia 31/08/2025); Report of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada - Fishing Vessels and Pleasure Craft Losses (December 22, 1993);
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