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Registry #1	155175 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1928	Jabalo	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	Prince Rupert	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	40.4' x 12.5' x 5.2'
Builder	Suga, O.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	21.16	Type 1	Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage	14.39	Type 2	Fishpacker
Engine	165bhp diesel engine (1928)	Engine Manufacture	General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower	Repowered in 1947 with a 68bhp diesel engine by Buda Co. Repowered in 1971 with a 147bhp diesel engine by Gray Marine Motors	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	Rebuilt in 1964 at Nanaimo BC 43.6' x 12.5' x 5.5'	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1928-1937 she was owned by Robert G. Johnstone, Inverness BC & Mrs. Sakaye Suga, Prince Rupert BC. In 1941 she was owned by Chambers, H.W. Suga and Mrs. Sakaye Sugo. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1949-1968 she was owned by Ronald C. Page (MO), Galiano Island BC. In 1968 she was owned by Ronald C. Page (MO), Nanaimo BC. In 1968-1974 she was owned by Lloyd E. Baines, North Galiano BC. In 1974-1977 she was owned by John Vuckovic (MO), Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1977-09-09

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. On March 26, 1977 this herring fishboat foundered and sank five miles southeast of Northeast Point, Malaspina Strait BC. They were rescued by the naval auxiliary vessel Lynx carry sea cadets on a weekend training exercise. THe crew of three was taken off the fishboat just before this vesselwent down.

 

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_t11864/1801?r=0&s=5 ; Times Colonist (Victoria BC) Monday, March 28, 1977 page 1;
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