Ship Details

Shelmerdene

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Registry #1 154635 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1927 Shelmerdene Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1927 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 24.3' x 8.4' x ?
Builder Hoffar-Beeching Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 6.59 Type 1 Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage 4.48 Type 2
Engine 1nhp gasoline engine (1931c); Engine Manufacture Cylinder Grinders Ltd.
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1927 she was owned by W.M. Ridley, Vancouver BC. In 1931-1932 she was owned by John Cowdry, Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1932-07-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On July 10, 1932 this power cruiser, owned by John Cowdry, Vancouver BC, suffered an explosion and burned at McNab Creek, Howe Sound BC. The boat was being moved to a safe anchorage during stormy weather when the engine exploded as it was being started. One man was hurled into the water and the other onto a log boom. The vessel burned to the waterline and sank.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Rogers, Fred (1973) Shipwrecks of British Columbia. Douglas & McIntyre Vancouver BC; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Thursday July 14, 1932 page 1;
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