Ship Details

Donna May

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Registry #1 158580 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 90462
 
Name 1 1935 Dinamac Name 6
Name 2 1975 Donna May Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1935 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 65.5' x 20.9' x 8.9'
Builder Fenner & Hood Shipyards, Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) 22.33m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 106 Type 1 Tanker
Registered Tonnage 58 Type 2 Fishpacker
Engine 600bhp diesel engine (1935); Engine Manufacture Ruston-Hornsby Ltd., Lincoln UK
Repower Repowered with a 150hp diesel Ruston-Hornsby Ltd., Lincoln UK engine 8kts (1943); In 1951 she was repowered with a 8DCMR2505 Buda diesel engine (1953); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1978 she was rebuilt at Delta BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain J. McCulloch (1935); Capyain William E. Cackette (1959-1971);
 
Owner(s)
In 1935-1942 she was owned by James McCulloch, Vancouver BC. In 1944-1959 she was owned by Home Oil Distributors Ltd. Vancouver BC. In 1959-1971 she was owned by William E. Cackette, Vancouver BC. In 1972-1974 she was owned by Dinamac Charters Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1975-1977 she was owned by John Aubin, Campbell River BC. In 1978-1988 she was owned by Gulf Contractors Ltd., Burnaby BC. In 1989 she was owned by Ko-Da Transport Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1990 she was owned by Spirit Management Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1995-09-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Lea Edgar writes that "Dinamac is an acronym for Dina McCulloch. And I am assuming she was the wife of James McCulloch, from whom Home Oil chartered the vessel in 1935."
 
Anecdotes
In 1935 this vessel was built as a coastal tanker capacity 23,000 imperial gallons of gasoline or oil at Vancouver BC. This vessel carried Home Oil products. In 1987 this vessel was converted to a fishpacker. Lonnie Edward Berrow (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 13/12/2018) states that "I think this vessel was wrecked or sank on the central coast in the early 1990s."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Lea Edgar-Nauticapedia 18//01/2018); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11866/477?r=0&s=5 ;
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