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Curtis K. (I)

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Registry #1 156914 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1931 Merry Sea II (I) Name 6
Name 2 1985 Curtis K. (I) Name 7
Name 3 1987 Merry Sea K Name 8
Name 4 2004 Merry Sea II Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1931 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 48.7' x 12.2' x 6.6'
Builder Walkem's Shipyard Ltd. Measurement (metric) 14.84m x 3.72m x 2.01m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 28.67 Type 1 Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage 19.5 Type 2
Engine 72bhp 4-cylinder engine Engine Manufacture Gardner Engine Co., Manchester UK
Repower 135hp Cummins diesel engine; Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1931-1946 she was owned by the Minister of Fisheries & Marine, Ottawa ON. In 1950-1962 she was owned by Gagne & Son Construction Ltd., Campbell River BC. In 1963-1984 she was owned by D.C.D. Pile Driving Co. Ltd., Campbell River BC. In 1985 she was owned by Wayne & John Beech, Quadra Island BC. In 1987-1989 she was owned by Josef Thuma, Union Bay BC. In 1990-2020 she was owned by David & Susan Robertson, Whaletown BC.
 
Fate Afloat in 2020 Date 1947-05-30
 
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Anecdotes
On May 30, 1947 this vessel was wrecked in a collision with the Forest Surveyor at a Campbell River wharf and sank in Discovery Passage. this vessel was removed from the registry and abandoned as a total constructive loss. In 1950 this vesselrebuilt and was re-registered at Nanaimo BC. In 1991 this vessel was designated as a Vintage Vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 14 (1931); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Saturday May 31, 1947 page 2;
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