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Dollina

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Registry #1 172532 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1940 Dollina Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1940 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 44.6' x 13.2' x 6.4'
Builder W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 28.86 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 22.88 Type 2
Engine 60bhp diesel engine (1940) Engine Manufacture Horrie Herty & Gardner Ltd.
Repower Repowered in 1947 with a 77bhp diesel engine by Caterpillar Tractor Co. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Norman Fiddler (1952);
 
Owner(s)
In 1940-1945 she was owned by Norman W. Fiddler, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1945-1952 she was owned by Dollina Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1952-08-28
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On August 28, 1952 this seiner, owned by Dollina Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC, was stranded, while under command of Captain Norman Fiddler, on rocks at Rose Point, Graham Island BC Canada. Big waves soon broke her up. Her crew of eight were saved by the seiner Kodiak. A compass deviation of only half a point caused her to run ashore.
 
References
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); Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Saturday August 30, 1952 page 2; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5536084&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20172532&ecopy=e011446356_149 (website viewed 29/06/2025);
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