Ship Details

Awhwaoo Chief

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Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 176515 (Canada) Registry #2 M.206 (RCAF) Registry #3
IMO# 5140104 MMSI# VRN# 28977
 
Name 1 1941 M.206 Haida (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Haida (II) Name 7
Name 3 1978 Emil K. (I) Name 8
Name 4 1984c Awhwaoo Chief Name 9
Name 5 2012 Confidence I Name 10
 
Year Built 1941 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 81.2' x 20.2' x 7.0'
Builder Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd. Measurement (metric) 24.75m x 6.16m x 2.13m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 102 Type 1 Supply Vessel (Type II)
Registered Tonnage 77 Type 2 Fishboat, general
Engine 1- 294hp tandem twin engine (1941) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower Repowered with a 280bhp diesel engine by Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (1978); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign G3AK
Pendant  # M.206 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941-1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946 she was sold by the War Assets Corp. In 1949-1961 she was owned by Hiram L. Colville (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1962-1970 she was owned by H. Bell-Irving & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1970-1978 she was owned by Canadian Fishing Company Ltd. Vancouver BC. In 1979-1983 she was owned by Walter Kukulian, Vancover BC and Laurel Fish Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1984-2003 she was owned by Emil K. Fishing Corporation, Vancouver BC. In 2012-2016 she was owned by Confidence Fishing Co. Ltd., Port Hardy BC. In 2017-2021 she was owned by North King Bait Ltd., Campbell River BC.
 
Fate Afloat in 2021 Date 0000-00-00
 
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Anecdotes
 
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Freeman, David J. (2000); Weicht, Chris (1997); RG12 Reel T-11580 (Emil K); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018);
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