Ship Details

Sunnfjord

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Photo Credit: Colin Levings

 
 
Registry #1 189617 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 20716; OR441AEB;
 
Name 1 1957 Sunnfjord Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1957 Place Dollarton Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 67.6' x 20.8' x 9.5'
Builder Matsumoto & Sons Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 102.52 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 69.71 Type 2
Engine 280bhp diesel engine (1957) Engine Manufacture Davey, Paxman & Co. Ltd., Colchester UK
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1963 she was rebuilt by Prince Rupert Shipyards Ltd. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1957-1961 she was owned by Howard J. Haugan (MO), and Raymond H.C. Haugan (JO), and Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association, all of Prince Rupert BC. In 1961-1965 she was owned by Howard J. Haugan, and Raymond H.C. Haugan (JO), Prince Rupert BC. In 1965-1967 she was owned by the Sunnfjord Fishing Co. Ltd., Prince Rupert BC. In 1968-1969 she was owned by Foster P. Husoy, Prince Rupert BC. In 1970-1971 she was owned by Wilfred P. Prince, Vancouver BC. In 1972-1979 she was owned by Richard M. Wood, Coquitlam BC. In 1980-1983 she was owned by Prince Rupert Fishermen's Credit Union, Prince Rupert BC and R. Mason-Wood Enetrprises Ltd., Coquitlam BC and Fife Developments Inc., Vancouver BC. In 1984 she was owned by Prince Rupert Fishermen's Credit Union, Prince Rupert BC and Fife Developments Inc., Vancouver BC. In 1985-2009 she was owned by Fife Developments Inc., Vancouver BC. In 2009 she was sold into US ownership.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2009-02-06
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On January 31, 2018 this vessel sank off Pt. Alva off the coast of the Olympic Peninsula. The US Coast Guard got a report Wednesday afternoon that the boat was flooding and that dewatering pumps were unable to keep up with the rising water.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://www.kxro.com/f-v-sunnfjord-sinks-off-washington-coast/; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/1240?r=0&s=4 ;
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