Ship Details

M.528 Mermaid (R.C.A.F.)

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Photo Credit: Sandra Stanton

 
 
Registry #1 170788 (Canada) Registry #2 M.528 (RCAF) Registry #3 OR172AFS (US)
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 26202
 
Name 1 1938 Mermaid I Name 6
Name 2 1943 M.528 Mermaid (R.C.A.F.) Name 7
Name 3 1947 Mermaid I Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1938 Place Steveston Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 52.3' x 15.1' x 6.5'
Builder Atagi Boat Works (Tsunematsu Atagi) Measurement (metric) 15.94m x 4.60m x 1.98m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 41.8 Type 1 Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage 26.09 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 115bhp diesel engine (1938) Engine Manufacture Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL
Repower Repowered with a 275bhp diesel engine (2004c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1946 she was rebuilt at Vancouver BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # M.528 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1938-1942 she was owned by Cleto Ferrario, Vancouver BC. In 1943 she was chartered by the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946 she was owned by H. Bell-Irving & Co. Ltd., North Vancouver BC. In 1948 she was sold to Vancouver Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver, BC. In 1949-1997 she was owned by Ivan Carr (MO), Vancouver BC. In 2001 she was owned by Dale E. Barron, Coquitlam BC. In 2003-2004 she was owned by Newport Yacht Sales 2000 Ltd., Victoria BC. In 2011-2015 she was owned by Steven R.C. Ellis, Cowichan Bay BC. In 2017-2022 she was owned by USA interests in Kalama Oregon.
 
Fate Afloat in 2022 Date 1943-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 24/07/2018) states that "This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel participated in the 30 January – 25 February 1939 Fishermen’s Reserve Training Session. this vessel was however not mobilized for active duty during the Second World War. In 1940 this vessel was requisitioned by the Royal Canadian Navy as a Fishermen’s Reserve Vessel, but was transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force." Her registry was closed 1943, vessel destroyed by fire. this vessel was rebuilt and re-registered in 1947. Her Canadian Registry was closed in 2016-10-07 and this vessel was re-registered in Oregon USA OR172AFS.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11902 (1943) (Mermaid I; RG12 Reel T-11588 (Mermaid I); BC Archives MS-0677 Volume 389 File 113 Fishermen’s Reserve; RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization Volume 1
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