Ship Details

P.R.B.H. 28

Vessel image

Photo Credit: Kyle Stubbs

 
 
Registry #1 133770 (Canada) Registry #2 243577 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1913 Leila R. Name 6
Name 2 1926 P.R.B.H. 28 Name 7
Name 3 1931c Macard Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1913 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 49.3' x 11.5' x 6.5'
Builder Hinton Electric Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 22 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 12 Type 2 Fishboat, general
Engine 3nhp engine (1913) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower She was repowered with a 40bhp 'foreign-made' gas engine (1926c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1913-1925 she was owned by the Minister of Lands, Victoria BC Canada. In 1926-1928 she was owned by Robert H. Thomas & John H. Swanson, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1928-1934 she was owned by William G. Mackenzie, Vancouver BC Canada. (In 1943 her Canadian register was closed and she was re-registered in the United States as MACARD, ON 243577). In 1943-1948 she was owned by Pointer-Willamette Co, Portland, OR USA (Documented as towing vessel). In 1949-1954 she was owned by Edsel Peacock, Tyee, Alaska (Documented as fishing vessel from this point on). In 1955-1960 she was owned by W.L. Sutherland, Friday Harbor, WA USA (In use as the Lopez Island mailboat). In 1961-1963 she was owned by Willard E. Walker, Seattle, WA USA. In 1964-1965 she was owned by Cloverleaf Fisheries Inc, Mercer Island, WA USA. In 1968-1970 she was owned by Gerald Oaksmith, Seattle, WA USA. In 1971-1974 she was owned by Donald F. Cook, Edmonds, WA USA. In 1975-1979 she was owned by Ronald M. White, Westport, WA USA. In 1981 she was owned by Sandra J. White, Westport, WA USA. In 1992-2015 she was owned by Robert Ponselle, Aberdeen, WA USA.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Kyle Stubbs (Email to Nauticapedia 27/01/2022) stated: "Photographed at Westport, Washington in 2014."
 
References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 11 (1928); Canada List of Shipping; Coney, Michael (1983); Kyle Stubbs (Email to Nauticapedia 27/01/2022);
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