Ship Details

Shepherd

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Registry #1 837666 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1980 Shepherd Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1980 Place Richmond Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) ? x ? x ?
Builder Beaver Glass Hulls Ltd. Measurement (metric) 10.41m x 3.35m x 2.74m
Hull Glass Reinforced Plastic Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7.66 Type 1 Yacht, sail
Registered Tonnage 7.28 Type 2
Engine 29.84kw diesel auxiliary engine (1980) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Sail/screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 2011-2019 she was owned by Darrell W. Lamb, Courtenay BC.
 
Fate Afloat in 2019 Date 1926-12-26
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On December 26, 1926 this vessel exploded at the Shell Oil Refinery in Burrard Inlet while taking on a cargo of 5,500 gallons of gasoline for Victoria. Captain James Orpana and his brother Oscar were the crew. Oscar started the engine and there were a series of explosions. Oscar was blown onto the dock 30 feet away breaking his legs and arms. The blast blew the Captain out of the wheelhouse landing near his brother burned and stripped of his clothing. A third explosion sent burning wreckage in all directions narrowly missing the employees of Home Oil on shore and fuel storage tanks resulting in a rain of fire on the dock. A thin fall of snow held the fire in check while the refinery foreman, R.G. Woolsey rescued the brothers and firemen extinguished the fires. The vessel was a total loss and only partially insured.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping;
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