Ship Details

Roamer (II)

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Registry #1 156588 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1930 Steveston III Name 6
Name 2 1951 Roamer (II) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1930 Place Steveston Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Yasujiro Nakade Measurement (imp) 51.0' x 14.3' x 6.6'
Builder Nakade Boat Works (Yasujiro Nakade) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 36.9 Type 1 Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage 25.09 Type 2
Engine 3hp diesel engine (1930); Engine Manufacture Union Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA
Repower 55hp engine (1945c); Repowered with a 100hp engine (1949c); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1930-1934 she was owned by Senkichi Ikari, Steveston BC. In 1934 she was owned by Ryotari Kita, Vancouver BC. In 1934-1939 she was owned by Kuranosuke Hashimoto, Steveston BC. In 1939-1945 she was owned by Ernesto Dal Secco, Vancouver BC. In 1945-1954 she was owned by Hans P. Cornelius (MO) and by Hans Josok, New Westminster BC. In 1957-1959 she was owned by John S. Filling, Langley Prairie BC. In 1959-1972 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries, Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1972-1978 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1978-08-21
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On July 4, 1978 this vesselgrounded and sank in Otter Cove, on the west coast of Vancouver Island BC.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11866/1502?r=0&s=5 ;
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