Ship Details
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Registry #1	154842 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1928	Tofino (I)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	Tofino	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	37.0' x 11.1' x 4.2'
Builder	Wingen, Hilmar T.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	13	Type 1	Work Boat
Registered Tonnage	8.76	Type 2
Engine	1hp engine (1928);	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1928-1936 she was owned by Hilmar T. Wingen (MO), Tofino BC. She was owned by Captain Sam S. Stone, Ucluelet BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1937-05-13

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On May 13, 1937 this vesselprovided assistance when the Otter caught fire after a gas engine explosion alongside a Gibsons Malksope Inlet logging camp. On August 11, 1940 this vessel was stranded in Nootka Sound BC.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Palm, R.S. (1978); Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) (Shipwreck Chart No. 2); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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