Ship Details

Exilda

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Photo Credit: Richmond Archives 1999 6 944

 
 
Registry #1 154569 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 25698
 
Name 1 1927 Exilda Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1927 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 53.2' x 15.2' x 7.4'
Builder Clyde Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 16.22m x 4.63m x 2.26m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 43.09 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 29.3 Type 2
Engine 75bhp 3.1nhp diesel engine (1927) (No. 7130) Engine Manufacture Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower Repowered with a 150bhp diesel engine (1950) Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL; Repowered with a 240bhp diesel engine (1974) ) Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1927 she was owned by John Williams & Augustine Crozier, both of Vancouver BC Canada. In 1930-1933 she was owned by John O.B. Williams, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934 she was owned by Independent Fishing & Transportation Co., Ltd., New Westminster, BC Canada. In 1937-1946 she was owned by Nikolas Jurincic, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1969 she was owned by H. Bell-Irving & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1969-1972 she was owned by Harold R.J. Sewid, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1972-1990 she was owned by Adam Dick, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1993-1994 she was owned by Nimpkish Development Corp., Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1995-2019 she was owned by William M. Glendale, Alert Bay BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 14/02/2019) states that "This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel participated in the 30 January – 25 February 1939 Fishermen’s Reserve Training Session. This vessel was however not mobilized for active duty during the Second World War."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 24/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11580 (Exilda); BC Archives MS-0677 Volume 389 File 113 Fishermen’s Reserve; Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
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