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Shaka Zulu

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Registry #1 346659 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1972 Komukwa Name 6
Name 2 1975 Meri Loma Name 7
Name 3 2003c Shaka Zulu Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1972 Place Port Coquitlam Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 31.2' x 10.0' x 4.9'
Builder Folkes Manufacturing Ltd. Measurement (metric) 9.51m x 3.05m x 1.49m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 8.98 Type 1 Yacht, sail (clipper-rigged)
Registered Tonnage 8.36 Type 2
Engine 25bhp diesel engine (1972) Engine Manufacture Penta A/B, Goteborg Sweden
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1972-1975 she was owned by Timothy J. Coopey (MO) and Maureen A. Coopey (JO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975-1984 she was owned by Robert H. Dodd (MO), Delta BC Canada. In 2003-2004 she was owned by Percy J. Hodgson, Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2011-11-15
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Shaka kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787 – 24 September 1828), also known as Shaka (the) Zulu and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reforms that reorganized the military into a formidable force.
 
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References
Canada List of Shipping; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&idnumber=6369018&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20346659&ecopy=e011465538 (website viewed 25/10/2025); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka (website viewed 08/03/2026);
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