Ship Details

La Reine (I)

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Registry #1 152540 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 90842
 
Name 1 1924 La Reine (I) Name 6
Name 2 1962 Ocean Tide Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1924 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 66.0' x 16.6' x 7.7'
Builder Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 23.11m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 56 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 14 Type 2 Fishboat, general
Engine 9nhp engine (1924); Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower 13hp engine (1929); 320bhp F-M engine (1942); 275hp engine (1957c); 220bhp GM engine (1962); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VGXZ
Pendant  # Masters Jean Gonzalez (1977);
 
Owner(s)
In 1924-1961 she was owned by Vancouver Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1962 she was owned by Capital Iron & Metals Ltd., Victoria BC. In 1962-1963 she was owned by Jack Egeland, Sidney BC. In 1964-1965 she was owned by Emile Safarik, Vancouver BC. In 1966-1976 she was owned by John F. Safarik, Burnaby BC. In 1977-1978 she was owned by Flanders Fishing Co. Ltd., Richmond BC. In 1979-1992 she was owned by Highland Fishing Co. Ltd., Coquitlam BC. In 1993 she was owned by Leader Fishing Ltd., Delta BC. In 1994-1995 she was owned by Carey J. Oliver, Courtenay BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1995-03-30
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1960 this vessel was partially dismantled to a bare hull by Capital Iron & Metals Ltd., Victoria BC. In 1994 this vessel sank off Goose Island when forward planks popped off the hull. The crew battled for 24 hours to save the ship before this vessel was abandoned. Michael Crowe (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 16/12/2017) Sttates that "Gonzalez was an interesting skipper. He had left Chile when the leftists under Salvadore Allende took over. There was reading material on the boat for learning English which contained phrases like "Communism is the enemy of liberty" ["Communismo esso enemigo de libertad"} Jean was a European . A Walloon he said and he had been on the sea somewhere serving on the the axis side of WW2. [I think] but he was a good skipper and the ocean tide was a good safe boat with two blue cummings. I used to get up in the middle of every night and pump the bilges. I could pump and dream and watch the phosphorescence where the bilge water disturbed the ocean all at the same time. Other boats around us fishing were the Bering Sea [skipper nicknamed spaghetti] and the Lusty Lady."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; MacFarlane, John M. (1990) Capital Iron: Scrap dealers in Lotusland. In Resolution (Newletter of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia); Sooke Region Museum (1989)
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