Ship Details

China Hat (I)

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Photo Credit: Eric Burns

 
 
Registry #1 138163 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1916 China Hat (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1916 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 51.4' x 15.5' x 5.6'
Builder Menchions, W.C. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 29.56 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage 20.1 Type 2
Engine 4hp engine (1931c) Engine Manufacture Fairbanks Morse Co., Beloit WI USA
Repower Repowered in 1944 with a diesel engine by Murphy Diesel Co., Milwaukee WI USA. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VCJC
Pendant  # Masters Captain Charlie Strom (1949);
 
Owner(s)
In 1916-1921 she was owned by Gosse Packing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1921-1927 she was owned by Gosse-Millerd Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1927-1934 she was owned by Gosse Packing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934-1949 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1949-09-24
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On September 24, 1949 this fishpacker, while under command of Captain Charlie Strom and owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC, was stranded in heavy fog near Mexicana Point on Hope Island BC Canada. The captain and his crew of two were rescued by a small boat dispatched from Bull Harbour. The vessel was beached and broken up.
 
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 (Vancouver BC) Saturday September 24, 1949 page 1; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday September 26, 1949 page 32; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5588283&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20138163&ecopy=e011446349_146 (website viewed 26/05/2025);
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