Ship Details

Ermelina

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Photo Credit: Pete Kovanda

 
 
Registry #1 170941 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 91147
 
Name 1 1938 Ermelina Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1938 Place Ladner Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 51.7' x 15.6' x 7.2'
Builder Tara, Joe Measurement (metric) 15.76m x 4.75m x 2.19m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 38.66 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage 24.62 Type 2
Engine 1 – 120bhp diesel engine (1938) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver, BC
Repower Repowered with a 220bhp diesel engine (1958) General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI; Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1938 she was owned by Luigi Benedet, Vancouver, BC. In 1949-1958 she was owned by Luigi Benedet, Vancouver BC. In 1961-1966 she was owned by Benedet Fishing Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1966-1967 she was owned by H. Bell-Irving & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1967 she was sold to Marijo Carr and Mario Car, both of North Burnaby, BC In 1974 she was sold to MLM. In 1975-1980 she was owned by Pisces Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1981 she was sold to Helen Secord, Surrey, BC. In 1982 she was sold to Pisces Marine Ltd., Vancouver, BC. In 1982-1983 she was owned by Robert B. Michelson (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1982-1986 she was owned by Pisces Marine Ltd., North Vancouver BC. In 1989 she was owned by Dekanich Enterprises Ltd., North Vancouver BC. In 2003-2013 she was owned by Eileen Theologus, Parksville BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2013-01-07
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Zachary Dunn (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 10/02/2018) states that "The Ermelina was eventually broken up in Shearwater. The ships wheel is now the wheel in the Gulf Rival." 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; RG12 Reel T-11580 (Ermelina); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 24/07/2018); 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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