Ship Details
Royal Banker Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	391715 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	25727

 

Name 1	1978	Royal Banker	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1978	Place	Sidney	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	52' x ? x ?
Builder	Mayer Steel Boat Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	15.76m x 4.79m x 2.16m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	39.68	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	16.04	Type 2
Engine	237bhp diesel engine (1978)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1978-1980 she was owned by Benard D. Bennett (MO), Nanaimo BC Canada. In 2003-2025 she was owned by Osamu Matsunaga & Fujio Matsunaga & Takao Matsunaga, Campbell River BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2025	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Canada List of Shipping
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