Ship Details

Empire Cannery

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Registry #1 134631 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1915 Empire Cannery Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1915 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 55.0' x 14.2' x 6.2'
Builder William R. Menchions boatyard Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 34.13 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage 23.21 Type 2
Engine 3hp engine (1931c) Engine Manufacture Union Gas Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA
Repower Repowered in 1929 with a Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1915-1921 she was owned by Charles F. Todd, Victoria BC Canada. In 1921-1946 she was owned by J.H. Todd & Sons Ltd., Victoria BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1946-08-18
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On August 18, 1946 this fishpacker was destroyed by fire two miles east of Sheringham Point BC Canada. The fire broke out in the galley forcing the crew to evacuate the ship which burned for hours to the waterline. This vessel sank in 36 fathoms of water.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) (Shipwreck Chart No. 2); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Times Colonist (Victoria BC) Tuesday August 20, 1946 page 16; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5533363&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20Cannery&ecopy=e011446345_216 (website viewed 09/05/2025);
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