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Circle W

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Registry #1 134632 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1912 Circle W Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1912 Place Tete Jaune Cache Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 50.4' x 11.0' x 2.5'
Builder Askew, George F. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 11 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 7.48 Type 2
Engine 3nhp engine (1912) Engine Manufacture Buffalo Gas Engine Co., Buffalo NY USA
Repower Repowered with a 15hp gasoline engine by Fairbanks-Morse Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1917 she was rebuilt at Tete Jaune Cache BC to 59.8' x 11.5' x 2.7' 35gt 26rt by George F. Askew Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1915-1917 she was owned by P. Burns & Co., Calgary AB Canada. In 1917-1918 she was owned by Jacob M. Collins, South Fort George BC Canada. (In 1920 this vessel was sold on order of the Exchequer Court of Canada). In 1920-1945 she was owned by Alexander MacKenzie, Quesnel BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
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Anecdotes
Senator Pat Burns (July 6, 1856 – February 24, 1937) was a Canadian rancher, meat packer, businessperson, senator, and philanthropist. A self-made man of wealth, he built one of the world's largest integrated meat-packing empires, P. Burns & Co., becoming one of the wealthiest Canadians of his time. In 1946 the Registrar of Shipping noted that this vessel was out of existence.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5519196&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20134632&ecopy=e011446310_097 (website viewed 31/05/2025); https://www.bing.com/search?q=Senator+Pat+Burns&form=ANSNB1&refig=855c1becdef741e193bd904d234d10e2&pc=EDGEDSE (website viewed 31/05/2025); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5533283&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20134632&ecopy=e011446345_136 (website viewed 31/05/2025);
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