Ship Details
Bonila (I) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	138681 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1917	Bonila (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1941	La Bonne (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1967	V.T. No. 501	Name 8
Name 4	1973	Lord Jim	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1917	Place	Tacoma	Area	WA	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	62.4' x 17.6' x 7.7'
Builder	Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma WA	Measurement (metric)	19.02m x 5.36m x 2.35m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	57	Type 1	Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage	34	Type 2	Tug
Engine	5nhp engine (1917)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered in 1934 with a 152bhp Gardner. She was later repowered with a 355hp engine. Repowered in 1956 by a 420bhp diesel engine.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1956 she was rebuilt and re-engined with a 420hp engine 66gt 15rt.	Call Sign	VCRB
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Fred MacFarlane (1921);

 

Owner(s)

In 1917 she was owned by Puget Sound Freight Co. In 1918-1922 she was owned by Lummi Bay Packing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. (In 1921 she was operated by Fred and Arthur MacFarlane of Mill Bay BC.) In 1922-1924 she was owned by Harry F. Montgomery (Receiver), Vancouver BC. In 1924-1927 she was owned by Nitinat Packers Ltd., Victoria BC. In 1927-1932 she was owned by Seymour Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1932-1934 she was owned by Harold V. Moorehouse & Mrs. Lucina Pike and Arthur Pike, Vancouver BC. In 19341-935 she was owned by Harold V. Moorehouse & Mrs. Lucina Pike, Vancouver BC. In 1935 she was owned by Harold Monkhouse, Vancouver BC. In 1935-1940 she was owned by Lucinda Pike, Vancouver BC and Harold V. Moorehouse, Vancouver BC. In 1940-1947 she was owned by Vancouver Tug & Barge Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.In 1947-1968 she was owned by Vancouver Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1968-1973 she was owned by Frederick Whitcroft, Vancouver BC. In 1973-2017 she was owned by James F. Drummond, Mill Bay BC and used as a liveaboard at Cowichan Bay BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1937-08-27

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	She was named Lord Jim after the book by Joseph Conrad.

 

Anecdotes
In 1925 this vesselwent ashore with fishing schooner Pachena near Nitinat Vancouver Island BC. In 1932 Mr. A. Pike was the Engineer. On August 27, 1937 this vessel was in collision with the Anna O. 14 miles east southeast from Point Upwood, Texada Island, Georgia Strait. this vessel sank in South Saanich Inlet BC Canada.

 

References
Personal Communication (John D.S. Henderson to John M. MacFarlane 14/10/1999); Canada List of Shipping; Personal Conversation (Douglas MacFarlane - John MacFarlane at Sooke BC 04/09/1989); Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 15 (1932); Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957); Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11859/625?r=0&s=6 ;
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