Ship Details

Fir Leaf

Vessel image

Photo Credit: UBC Cdn Fisherman Archive 1-0013750

 
 
Registry #1 141308 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1919 Fir Leaf Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1919 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 73.3' x 16' x 7.2'
Builder Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 48 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage 36 Type 2
Engine 100bhp, 7.1nhp Fairbanks Morse semi-diesel engine Engine Manufacture Sheffield Car Company, Three Rivers. MI
Repower Repowered with a 135bhp diesel engine Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1919-1956 she was owned by H. Bell-Irving & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1956-04-26
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On November 10th 1955, this vessel burned in Johnstone Straits, BC and was declared a total loss. 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-11848 (1956) (Fir Leaf); BC Archives MS-0677 Volume 389 File 113 Fishermen’s Reserve' RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization Volume 1;
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