Ship Details

Gabriola Flyer

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Registry #1 176786 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1947 Gabriola Flyer Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1947 Place Silva Bay Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 36.3' x 11' x 4.9'
Builder Withey's Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 15 Type 1 Fishboat, troller
Registered Tonnage 12 Type 2
Engine 110hp engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1947-1953 she was owned by Antti Jouppila (MO), Ladysmith BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1953-10-04
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On October 4, 1953 this troller fishboat, owned by Antti Jouppila (MO), Ladysmith BC, collided with the tug Western Challenger and sank at Tofino BC. This vessel rammed the tug about 10 feet from her stern, filled with water and sank within a few minutes. The tug was undamaged but lost part of her pumping gear and lines in the salvage attempt.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) (Shipwreck Chart No. 2); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Tuesday October 6, 1953 page 2;
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