Ship Details
Le Prince (I) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	192870 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	APc-96 (U.S.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1950	Sea Prince (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1960	Le Prince (I)	Name 8
Name 4	1962	T-W Sea Prince	Name 9
Name 5	1967	Sea Prince (I)	Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	Bristol	Area	RI	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	99.5' x 1.3' x 9.4'
Builder	Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.	Measurement (metric)	30.3m x 6.5m x 2.9m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	166	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	107	Type 2	Fishpacker
Engine	400bhp 6 cylinder(12" x 15") engine (1943)	Engine Manufacture	National Supply Co., Springfield Ohio USA
Repower	Repowered with a 565bhp Caterpillar turbo-diesel 8 cyl (6.25" x 8.00") engine (1967)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Norman Sigmund (1966); Captain Robert Levy (1984);

 

Owner(s)

In 1943 she was a commissioned US Navy vessel of the Coastal Transport (small) APc-1 class. In 1943-1947 she was owned by the United States Maritime Commission. In 1946 she was owned by George Andrew Hall, San Diego CA USA. In 1950 she was owned by John Pederson Dale Vancouver BC. In 1950-1960 she was owned by Seaboard Towing & Packing Co.Ltd, Vancouver BC. In 1960-1961 she was owned by Vancouver Tug Boat Co., Vancouver BC. In 1962-1965 she was owned by Pacific Leasing Corp. Ltd, Vancouver BC. In 1965-1966 she was owned by Blaine Myers & Co. and Norman E. Sigmund, Vancouver BC. In 1967-1972 she was owned by Sea Prince Fishing Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1973-1980 she was owned by S. & S. Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1982-1984 she was owned by Frederick Fishing Ltd, et al, Prince Rupert BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2004-12-10

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	The "T.W." stands for Tulloch-Western Fisheries Ltd.

 

Anecdotes

(The APc-96 number was deduced from non-registry documents.) In 1966 the T-W Sea Prince, under command of Captain Norman Sigmund, collided with dragger Kalamalka (which sank) near the mouth of the Fraser River at the Sandheads Lighthouse. The T-W Sea Prince was holed but pumps kept her afloat until this vesselreached dock and her crew of 5 was rescued. On January 19, 1984 this fishboat, while under command of Captain Robert Levy, exploded and burned three miles off Hornby Island BC when a fuel supply line near the galley stove ruptured. this vessel sank five miles north of Sisters Island BC and Eugene Williams died in the incident. Four other crew members and the Master escaped.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Personal Email Communication (George Duddy - John MacFarlane 18/10/2013); Image: Sea Prince, City of Vancouver Archives, AM782-6, Neg #548; Shipscribe.com; Archived Vancouver ship registry documents LAC Burnaby BC; Vancouver Province (Vancouver BC) Thursday September 20, 1984 page 3; Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo BC) Thursday September 20, 1984 page 1; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday July 18, 1966 page 2;
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