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Registry #1	154960 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1928	Blue Swallow	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	33.4' x 7.5' x 3.5'
Builder	Martin, Donald S.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	5	Type 1	Yacht, speedboat
Registered Tonnage	3	Type 2
Engine	130bhp engine (1928)	Engine Manufacture	Peerless Marine Engine Co., Detroit MI USA
Repower	Repowered with a 400hp engine (1958c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1935 she was re-engined by Fenner & Hood Shipyard	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1928 she was owned by Marine Transit Ltd. (Frank Gagne and Dick Bryant), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929-1934 she was owned by Frank Gagne, Campbell River BC Canada. In 1935-1945 she was owned by George W. Blackmore, Port Alberni BC Canada. In 1946 she was owned by Harbour Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1961 she was owned by Mrs. Rosemary Nordgren, New Westminster BC Canada. In 1967-1986 she was owned by Perry Hilton (MO), Port Hammond BC Canada. In 1994 she was owned by Canadian interests.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1999-04-15

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was a V-bottom launch

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 11 (1928); Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 19 (1935)
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