Ship Details

Western Cloud (II)

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Photo Credit: Bernard Remmem

 
 
Registry #1 175142 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 910129
 
Name 1 1944 Pacific Belle (I) Name 6
Name 2 1955 Western Cloud (II) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 55.5' x 16.2' x 6.6'
Builder Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd. (Shipyard Division) Measurement (metric) 16.92m x 4.94m x 2.01m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 45.99 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 25.88 Type 2
Engine 135hp diesel engine (1944) Engine Manufacture Murphy Diesel Co., Milwaukee WI
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CYJM
Pendant  # V179B; NBF 54; Masters Captain Gordon Baker (1951);
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1955 she was owned by William J. Pitre, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1955-1970 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1970-1997 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2001 she was owned by the Lansdowne Fishing Co. Ltd., Campbell River BC Canada. In 2003-2024 she was owned by 364774 B.C. Ltd., Port McNeill BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On October 19, 1951 this vessel was returning to Steveston BC with a load of salmon and was swamped by high seas sinking between Cape Mudge and Rebecca Spit in 85 fathoms of water. Her crew were saved by the Nanceda: Captain Gordon Baker, E. Abrahamson, Bill Garden and Murdock Jackson.
 
References
Rogers, Fred (1992); Canada List of Shipping; The Province (Vancouver BC) Friday October 19, 1951 page 23; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6393429&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20175142&ecopy=e011480284 (website viewed 04/04/2025);
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