Ship Details
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Registry #1 197655 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 24076
 
Name 1 1954 Westerner (III) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1954 Place Dollarton Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 38.7' x 13.8' x 5.6'
Builder Matsumoto & Sons Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 13.2m x 4m x 2.2m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 21.3 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 15.98 Type 2 Fishpacker
Engine 165hp diesel engine (1954) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1958 she was rebuilt at North Arm Boat Works for Nerio (Zeke) Zecchel, New Westminster BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Marian Govorchi (1954-1956); Captain Nerio (Zeke) Zecchel (1958);
 
Owner(s)
In 1954-1956 she was owned by Marian Govorchi. In 1958 she was owned by Nerio (Zeke) Zecchel, New Westminster BC. In 1961-1966 she was owned by Nerio Zecchel (MO), New Westminster BC. In 1967-1972 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1973-1980 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC. In 2003-2007 she was owned by Mardi Fishing Ltd., Nanaimo BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2007-06-04
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In November 1956 this drum seiner owned by Marian Govorchi was discovered on the rocks on the Gulf side of Saturna Island. The skipper and his three-man crew had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. this vessel was written off as a complete loss but was rebuilt at North Arm Boat Works for Nerio (Zeke) Zecchel, New Westminster BC. Al Seaweed (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 20/20/2018) stated that "My dad Henry Seaweed and brother Fred Shaughnessy had this from 1969 to 1972. It was a Nelson Brothers company boat when we had it."
 
References
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