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Fairwind I

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Registry #1 153093 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1926 Shelter No. 1 Name 6
Name 2 1930 Fairwind I Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1926 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 50.3' x 16.1' x 4.0'
Builder Turpel Marine Railway Co. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 25.05 Type 1 Scow
Registered Tonnage 25.05 Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Non-powered
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1926-1948 she was owned by Shelter Arm Fisheries Ltd., Victoria BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1929-05-01
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On May 1, 1929 this vessel was destroyed by fire in Haro Strait. Afterwards this vessel appears to have been rebuilt and put back into service. In 1948 the Registrar of Shipping noted that this vessel was out of existence.
 
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); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5534656&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20153093&ecopy=e011446348_387 (website viewed 20/07/2025);
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