Ship Details

Chief Skugaid

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Photo Credit: Unknown

 
 
Registry #1 133736 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 311234
 
Name 1 1913 Chief Skugaid Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1913 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Coolidge Measurement (imp) 80.6' x 18.0' x 8.0'
Builder Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 24.57m x 5.49m x 2.44m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 85 Type 1 Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage 58 Type 2 Fishpacker
Engine 3hp steam engine (1913) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 270hp diesel engine (1949c); Repowered with a Volvo diesel engine (2012c); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters (?) Selig (1915); Sidney Burridge (1932); William (Red) Anderson; Stan Sorenson; Magnus Anderson (1956); David Cobb (2011)
 
Owner(s)
In 1913-1916 she was owned by The Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. Ltd., Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1916-1923 she was owned by The Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1923 she was owned by Captain Richard Perry, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1923 she was owned by Coast Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1923-1926 she was owned by Western Freighters Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1926 she was owned by Captain Robert Pamphlet, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1926 she was owned by Captain Robert Sinclair, Vancouver BC Canada. (On April 16, 1926 this vessel was sold by the Marshal of the Admiralty Court of British Columbia.) In 1926-1928 she was owned by CDR Gilbert M. Smith, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1928-1929 she was owned by Federal Shipping Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929-1934 she was owned by General Navigation Co. of Canada Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934-1937 she was owned by Henry J. Stump, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1937-1962 she was owned by Colonial Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962-1963 she was owned by London & Colonial Fish Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1963-1997 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2001-2003 she was owned by Jim Pattison Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2012-2025 she was owned by David C. Cobb, New Westminster BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2025 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On Dec. 20, 1935, this vessel was involved in a collision with a ferry at Evans Coleman Wharf in Vancouver BC Canada. Scott Kristmanson reported that: "It was recently sold by Canadian Fish (Jim Pattison Ent.) This vessel served as a fish packer for at least 30 plus years before being retired from the Canadian Fishing Company fleet. Before that, this vessel was a halibut boat that fished the Bering Sea. This vessel was also (1929-1931) a mother ship off of southern Vancouver Island during the rum running years."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; E-mail (Scott Kristmansen - John MacFarlane 20120323); Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/news/125111248.html; H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1976 (Ed. Gordon Newell) 1977; https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/vrqs-srib/eng/vessel-registrations/details/133736 (website viewed 25/05/2025); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5518650&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20133736&ecopy=e011446309_084 (website viewed 25/05/2025); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5523118&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20133736&ecopy=e011446318_041 (website viewed 25/05/2025); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6351855&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20133736&ecopy=e011451259 (website viewed 25/05/2025);
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