Ship Details

Hilma (I)

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Photo Credit: Jim Rutherford

 
 
Registry #1 320062 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1939 Hilma (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1939 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 28.6' x 7.8' x 2.8'
Builder John Stokkeland Boatyard Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 4.98 Type 1 Fishboat, troller
Registered Tonnage 3.95 Type 2
Engine 92bhp gasoline engine Engine Manufacture Chrysler Corp., Detroit MI USA
Repower In 1975 she was repowered with a 53bhp diesel engine by Chrysler Corp., Detroit MI USA Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1939 she was originally owned by Eivind (Ivan) Hansen, Bamfield BC. She was owned by Fred Garcia, Bamfield BC. In 1966 she was owned by Mihail Lemet (MO), Bamfield BC. In 1966-1968 she was owned by Thomas E. Christian, Port Alberni BC. In 1968 she was owned by Ross A. Burkholder (MO), Bamfield BC. In 1968-1971 she was owned by Gerald W. Burkholder, Bamfield BC. In 1971-1974 she was owned by Brian A. Burkholder (MO), Bamfield BC. In 1974 she was owned by McCallum Sales Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1974-1976 she was owned by David L. White (MO), Nanaimo BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1977-03-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Mike Etier stated "This was my great great grandfathers boat. He kept his boat at our family property in Bamfield which he purchased around 1910 and his daughters name was Hilma (my great great aunt). His fathers name was Hans Hanssen with two 's' and it was somehow changed to one 's' later on so I think it could be very possible he went by Ivan for easier pronunciation. Just making an assumption here but that facts on the boat seem to add up. He died in the 1950s of a heart attack or stroke while on his fishing boat. " this vessel used to berth at Bamfield BC while it was active. On October 17, 1976 this vessel was destroyed by fire and foundered and sank off Tofino BC.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Palm, R.S. (1978); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Bamfield Historical Society and the Bamfield Community Museum and Archives; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11864/1636?r=0&s=5 ; Email (Mike Ethier-Nauticapedia 02/06/2021);
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