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Chief Seegay

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Registry #1 155171 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1929 Chief Seegay Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1929 Place Prince Rupert Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 67.0' x 17.0' x 7.1'
Builder Prince Rupert Dry Dock & Shipyards Co. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 50 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage 21.46 Type 2 Fishboat, seiner
Engine 5bhhp diesel engine (1929) Engine Manufacture Fairbanks Morse Co., Chicago IL USA
Repower Repowered in 1973 with a 275bhp turbo charged diesel engine Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL; Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CYBK
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1929-1948 she was owned by Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. In 1948-1973 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973-1974 she was owned by The Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1974 she was owned by Robert B. Lansdowne (MO), Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1974-1975 she was owned by Priority Seafods Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1975-07-18
 
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Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel was mobilized as a Fishermen’s Reserve vessel from 08 Nov 1939 to 27 May 1940 as a tender to HMCS Givenchy. On March 19, 1975 this vessel foundered and sank off Cape Beeale at the entrance to Barkley Sound resulting in a total loss.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); 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); RG12 Reel T-11861 (1975) (Chief Seegay); RG12 Volume 776 File 9015-C21 Requisitioning of Ships – (Chief Seegay); RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization Volume 1; Email Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 23/02/2019); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11861/236?r=0&s=5; Times Colonist (Victoria BC) Wednesday March 19, 1975 page 2;
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