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Lady Billie

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Registry #1 192275 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1950 Lady Billie Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1950 Place Nanaimo Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 39.7' x 13.0' x 3.4'
Builder S. Madill Ltd. (Nanaimo) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 14.96 Type 1 Fishboat, gillnetter
Registered Tonnage 10.17 Type 2
Engine 83bhp diesel engine Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1950-1954 she was owned by Nicholas Kelly and Peter Kelly (JO), both of Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1954-1970 she was owned by Nicholas Kelly and Robert Kelly (JO), both of Nanaimo BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1970-02-01
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On February 1, 1970 this gillnetter foundered and sank suddenly while transiting Active Pass in fairly calm water. The Lady Billie was carrying a cargo of herring. The lifeboat could not be launched because none of the three were carrying a knife and could not cut the ropes holding the boat fast. Alec Harley and Eddie Liddell were lost in the sinking. Crewman Peter Kelly ended up in the water but was quickly rescued by his father, Nicholas Kelly, in the Rose-Lind which was accompanying the Billie K. in the transit.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo BC) Saturday February 2, 1957 page 1; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&idnumber=5538577&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20192275&ecopy=e011446365_017 (website viewed 03/11/2025);
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