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B.C. Producer

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Registry #1 178194 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1947 B.C. Producer Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1947 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 57.5' x 16.1' x 7.8'
Builder Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 47.79 Type 1 Fishboat, combination
Registered Tonnage 27.38 Type 2
Engine 160bhp diesel engine (1947) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Vancouver BC
Repower Repowered in 1965 with a Detroit 8V-71N 242bhp engine by General Motors Corp. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1947-1949 she was owned by William Nelson (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1956-1967 she was owned by John S. McMillan, New Westminster BC Canada. In 1967-1975 she was owned by J.S. McMillan Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1975-06-24
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On March 25, 1975 this dragger/halibut boat capsized in the vicinity of Cox Island off Cape Scott with the loss of four crew members. Crew member James Tomkins survived.
 
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_t11861/87?r=0&s=5; The Province (Vancouver BC) Saturday March 29, 1975 page 3;
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