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Cape Henry (I)

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Registry #1 153162 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 26462
 
Name 1 1926 Cape Henry (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1926 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 56.5' x 14.9' x 7.3'
Builder Vancouver Dredging & Salvage Co., Ltd. Measurement (metric) 19.79m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 48.12 Type 1 Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage 32.72 Type 2
Engine 50bhp 2.5nhp diesel engine (1926) (No. 7059) Engine Manufacture Washington Iron Works, Seattle, WA
Repower Repowered with a 115bhp diesel engine by Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (1948); Repowered with a 174bhp diesel engine General Motors, Detroit, MI (1977) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1926-1983 she was owned by The Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1986-1989 she was owned by Wilfred Brotchie, Campbell River BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1990-07-11
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel participated in the January 30, 1939 – February, 25, 1939 Fishermen’s Reserve Training Session. This vessel was mobilized as a Fishermen’s Reserve vessel from September 15, 1939 to November 12, 1939. This vessel was not requisitioned for the wartime Fishermen’s Reserve. On March 14, 1985 this vessel struck a deadhead while off Fog Rock in Fisher Channel Fiz Hugh Sound BC Canada.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 24/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11576 (Cape Henry); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/02/2019); BC Archives MS-0677 Volume 389 File 113 Fishermen’s Reserve; RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization Volume 1; Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023); Report of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada - Fishing Vessels and Pleasure Craft Losses (December 22, 1993);
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