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Tofino (I)

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Registry #1 154842 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1928 Tofino (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1928 Place Tofino Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 37.0' x 11.1' x 4.2'
Builder Wingen, Hilmar Thomas Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 13 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 8.76 Type 2
Engine 1hp engine (1928); Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1928-1936 she was owned by Hilmar T. Wingen (MO), Tofino BC Canada. She was owned by Captain Sam S. Stone, Ucluelet BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1937-05-13
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On May 13, 1937 this vesselprovided assistance when the Otter caught fire after a gas engine explosion alongside a Gibsons Malksope Inlet logging camp. On August 11, 1940 this vessel was stranded in Nootka Sound BC Canada.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Palm, R.S. (1978); Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) (Shipwreck Chart No. 2); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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