Ship Details

Gail C.

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Registry #1 176760 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1946 Gail C. Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1946 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 38.2' x 11.6' x 5.7'
Builder Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 16.05 Type 1 Fishboat, troller
Registered Tonnage 10.91 Type 2
Engine 43bhp diesel engine (1946) Engine Manufacture Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria IL USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VYJR
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1946 she was owned by Robert Turner, Extension BC and Cecil Hannay, Vancouver BC and Illerman Akerman, Armstrong BC. In 1949 she was owned by Cecil Hannay (MO), Victoria BC. In 1958-1973 she was owned by Harold Brazier, Campbell River BC. In 1973-1975 she was owned by Howard E. Barzier (MO), Courtenay BC. In 1975-1976 she was owned by Howard A. Orcutt (MO), Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1976-12-24
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On September 9, 1976 this vessel was destroyed in a fire in the engine room 9 miles offshore from Long Beach (VI) BC.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11863/693?r=0&s=5 ;
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