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Capilano (II)

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Registry #1 141709 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1920 Capilano (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1920 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 135' x 26.9' x 8.25'
Builder B.C. Marine Shipbuilders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 374 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage 200 Type 2
Engine 750hp surface condensing 3 cylinder Triple expansion engine Engine Manufacture Hutton Machine Works, Seattle WA USA
Repower She was powered by an engine salvaged from from a Washington built by Hutton Machine Works Seattle WA. Boilers built by Alma W.T. Bir. Co. Providence RI. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain W.L. Yates (1927)
 
Owner(s)
In 1920-1931 she was owned by Union Steamships Ltd. Vancouver BC. In 1949-1952 she was owned by Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1949-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On Saturday evening, May 24, 1952 the fishboat Kanawaka was rammed by the passenger vessel Capilano 4 miles east southeast of Gower Point BC. The fishing vessel was three hours out of Vancouver bound for Prince Rupert. The Capilano put a lifeboat in the water and rescued the crew of six.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Edmonton Journal (Edmonton AB) Monday May 26, 1952 page 8;
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