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Nootka Sound (I)

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Registry #1 172549 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1940 Nootka Sound (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1940 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 59.2' x 16.6' x 7.0'
Builder Union Boat Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 46.35 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 25.84 Type 2
Engine 110bhp diesel engine (1940) Engine Manufacture Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Works Co., Oakland CA.
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1940-1942 she was owned by C. Nakimura, Vancouver BC. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942 she was sold to North Shore Packing Co. Ltd., North Vancouver, BC. In 1942 she was sold to Seymour Navigation Co. Ltd., North Vancouver, BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1943-11-03
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942 after being seized from her owners this vessel was released to the North Shore Packing Co. until an order for herring was filled. On November 3, 1943 this vessel foundered in Georgia Strait BC. This vessel has been reported by some sources to have served with the Royal Canadian Navy, but Bryon Taylor (26/11/2017) reports that "Reference RG 24 Volume 5825 File 8000 - 300/38 General Information - HMCS Nootka Sound states that this vessel was requisitioned by the RCN but that in February 1942 the requisition was cancelled - this vessel was not taken up by the navy."
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Freeman, David J. (2000); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Email Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 26/11/2017); RG12 Volume 815 File 9015-N7 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - NOOTKA SOUND; RG 24 Volume 5825 File 8000 - 300/38 General Information - HMCS Nootka Sound; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1944) (Nootka Sound); ;
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