Ship Details

Speed The Light

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Registry #1 141607 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1920 Laurel Point Name 6
Name 2 1936 Hyak I (I) Name 7
Name 3 1945 Speed The Light Name 8
Name 4 1967c Meota Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1920 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 39.6' x 11.0' x 5.5'
Builder Yoneda, Frank Measurement (metric) 12.1m x 3.4m x 1.7m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 22.2 Type 1 Yacht
Registered Tonnage 18.49 Type 2
Engine 93hp gasoline engine (1920) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 30bhp engine (1945); Repowered with a 93hp engine (1958c); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1936 she was rebuilt at Vancouver BC 39.6' x 11.0' x 5.5' 15gt 9rt Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain George Richardson (1930);
 
Owner(s)
In 1920-1925 she was owned by Ling Choi and Ling Hop, Victoria BC. In 1926 she was owned by Tom Yoeneda, Victoria BC. In 1929 she was owned by Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1937-1944 she was owned by John E. Chambers, Vancouver BC. In 1945 she was owned by Pentacostal Assemblies of Canada, Toronto ON. In 1949 she was owned by Mrs. Joseph Renouf, Vancouver BC. In 1958 she was owned by Maurice Wilkinson (MO), Victoria BC. In 1967-2011 she was owned by Douglas R. Pitt, Victoria BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2011-11-15
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On October 28, 1930, while under command of Captain George Richardson, this vessel was destroyed by fire in a gale off Cape Roger Curtis, Bowen Island BC. This vessel had been enroute to Bute Inlet at the time of the incident when a fire broke out in the engine room.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Victoria Daily Times (Victoria BC) Wednesday October 29, 1930 page 22;
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