Ship Details

Borniti

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Registry #1 154558 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1927 Borniti Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1927 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 45.4' x 10' x ?
Builder S.R. Wallace Boat Builders Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull (nk) Displacement
Gross Tonnage 18.47 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 3.1nhp engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Laurent Vereecken (1927);
 
Owner(s)
In 1927 she was owned by Orleans Shippers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1927-08-07
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On August 7, 1927 this 'speed launch' exploded and burned in English Bay BC and sank off Jericho Beach. This vessel was carrying a large amount of gasoline fuel but the cause of the explosion was undetermined.
 
References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Times Colonist (Victoria BC) Tuesday August 9, 1927 page 1;
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