Ship Details

Mary W.

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Registry #1 152823 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1925 Mary W. Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1925 Place Alert Bay Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 44.1' x 13.5' x 6.0'
Builder Sharp Shipyards (James R. Sharpe) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 27.11 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 18.43 Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1925-1939 she was owned by Mary Wastell and Frederick Wastell, both of Alert Bay, BC. In 1939-1945 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver, BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1945-11-16
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named for Mary Wastell (co-owner)
 
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 " On July 31, 1945 this vessel was stranded off Ripple Point in Johnstone Strait BC. On November 16, 1945 this vessel sank and was declared a total loss.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) (Shipwreck Chart No. 2); 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 Reel T-11843 (1945) (Mary W.); 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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