Ship Details

Wawanesa (II)

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Photo Credit: Svend-Erik Eriksen photo Namu 1968

 
 
Registry #1 130915 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 21427
 
Name 1 1912 Klatawa (I) Name 6
Name 2 1972 Wawanesa (II) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1912 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 63.9' x 14.4' x 6.5'
Builder Wallace Shipyards Ltd., North Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) 20.9m x 4.4m x 2m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 42 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 30 Type 2 Fishboat, general
Engine 5.7nhp gasoline engine (1912); Engine Manufacture Astoria Iron Works
Repower Repowered with a 6nhp gas engine by J. & C.G. Bolinders Co. Ltd., Stockholm Sweden. Repowered with a 160bhp diesel engine (2004c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Don Peck;
 
Owner(s)
In 1912-1934 she was owned by The Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934-1973 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1974 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1976 she was owned by Sophia Scholtens, Richmond BC Canada. In 1979 she was owned by Harold J. Lennoy (MO), Powell River BC Canada. In 1980 she was owned by Darwin Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1982-2008 she was owned by S.E. Quarter Fishing Co. Ltd., Parksville BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2008-03-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Wawanesa is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status before January 1, 2015. It is the birthplace of The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.
 
Anecdotes
At one time this vessel served as a tender at the Dominion Cannery. On June 19, 1980 this vessel exploded and burned at Lasqueti Island BC Canada.
 
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); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11896/211?r=0&s=5; Report of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada - Fishing Vessels and Pleasure Craft Losses (December 22, 1993); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawanesa,_Manitoba (website viewed 11/10/2025);
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