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Rover (II)

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Registry #1 122518 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1907 Rover (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1907 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 39.0' x 11.0' x 4.8'
Builder Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 19 Type 1 Yacht, power-Cruiser
Registered Tonnage 12.25 Type 2
Engine 1.2hp engine (1907) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 60bhp engine Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1928 she was rebuilt at Erikksen Brothers, North Vancouver BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1907-1921 she was owned by Alfred Wallace and Hume B. Babington (JO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1918-1919 she served with the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1926-1929 she was owned by Dan King, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1930-1931 she was owned by Vancouver Pile Driving & Contracting Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1931-09-03
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On September 03, 1931 this vessel was destroyed by fire off Anvil Island, in Howe Sound.
 
References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 11 (1928); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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