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Jessie Island No. 9 If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Registry #1	155231 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1929	Jessie Island No. 9	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1929	Place	Ritherdon Bay	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Jirokichi Arimoto	Measurement (imp)	54.7' x 15.0' x 6.6'
Builder	Arimoto, Jirokichi	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	39	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	27	Type 2
Engine	115bp diesel engine (1929)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas Imperial Engine Works, Oakland CA
Repower	Repowered in 1956 with a 220bhp diesel engine by General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	Rebuilt in 1956 as 66.0' x 17.0' x 8.2' 63gt 43rt	Call Sign	VXLM
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Alfred Lunt (1966)

 

Owner(s)

In 1929-1932 she was owned by Rikimatsu Tabata, Vancouver BC. In 1932 she was sold as a result of bankruptcy to The Canadian Credit Mens Trust Association Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1933 she was owned by McLennan, McFeely & Prior Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1933 she was owned by William C. Splan and Hecate Fish Products Ltd. (JO), Vancouver BC. In 1934-1935 she was owned by T. Matsuyama & Co., Vancouver BC. In 1935 she was sold in bankruptcy to The Canadian Credit Mens Trust Association, Vancouver BC. In 1935-1940 she was owned by T. Matsuyama & Co., Vancouver BC. In 1940 she was seized by the Canadian Government and sold by the Japanes Fishing Vessel Disposal Committee. In 1940-1942 she was owned by Frank Cvitanovich, Vancouver BC. In 1942-1948 she was owned by Frank Cvitanovich, Vancouver BC and Matt Aleksich, Nanaimo BC and Alois Bogurovic (JO), Vancouver BC. In 1948-1966 she was owned by H. Bell-Irving & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1966-10-21

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1940 this vessel was seized by the Canadian Government and sold by the Japanes Fishing Vessel Disposal Committee. On September 22, 1966 this vesselsprang a leak, foundered at the mouth of the Fraser River in Georgia Strait BC. Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 24/07/2018) states that "I have found no references that indicate that this vessel was used by the R.C.N. "

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 12 (1929); Fukawa, Masaki with Stanley Fukawa and the Nikkei Fishermen's History Book Committee (2009); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 24/07/2018) ; RG12. Volume/box number: 796. File number: 9015-J11. REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - "JESSIE ISLAND NO. 9". Not seen RG12 Reel T-11853 (1966) (Jessie Island No. 9) ;
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