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Sea Lion (VIII)

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Registry #1 094811 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1889 Sea Lion (VIII) Name 6
Name 2 1893 Diana (II) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1889 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 65.2' x 19.9' x 7.1'
Builder Star Shipyards (Smith & Warner) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 53.93 Type 1 Schooner, two-masted (sealing)
Registered Tonnage 50.33 Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Sail
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Gus Widden (1906);
 
Owner(s)
In 1889-1898 she was owned by George Collins, Victoria BC. In 1898-1900 she was owned by John A. Bechtel, Victoria BC. In 1900-1917 she was owned by Victoria Sealing Co. Ltd., Victoria BC. In 1917 she was owned by Oscar C. Bass, Victoria BC. In 1917-1929 she was owned by Sidney Canning Co. Ltd., Sidney BC. In 1929-1932 she was owned by Sooke Harbour Fishing & Packing Co. Ltd., Victoria BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1890 this vessel was first registered in Victoria. On September 15, 1892 this vessel was severely damaged in a storm off Attu Island TA USA. In 1899 this vessel was withdrawn from the sealing trade and laid up at Victoria BC. This vessel was purchased by Japanese people who tied her up at the Sooke wharf and operated her as a saltery. Later this vessel was dismantled and her remains are on the bottom of Sooke Harbour under 'Palliser's wharf'.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; LAC RG12, A1, Vol 414 Shipping Registers Victoria BC; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3185/74?r=0&s=5 ;
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