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Seal Cove

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Registry #1 138527 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1916 Seal Cove Name 6
Name 2 1932 Sea Gypsy (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1916 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 42.0' x 10.2' x 4.6'
Builder Duby, E.F. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 17.15 Type 1 Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage 11.66 Type 2
Engine 3hp gasoline engine (1916); Engine Manufacture Union Gas Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA
Repower Repowered with a 32bhp gasoline engine (1945c); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1916-1927 she was owned by James S. Emerson, Vancouver BC. In 1927 she was owned by John Emerson and James A.W. Bell (JO), Vancouver BC. In 1927 she was owned by James B. Hoffer, Vancouver BC. In 1927-1931 she was owned by Orleans Shippers Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1931-1949 she was owned by Gordon C. Draeske, Vancouver BC. In 1949 she was owned by Gordon L. Draeske (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1949-1959 she was owned by Clyde Gildersleeve, Parksville BC. In 1960-1964 she was owned by Clarence E. Shaw (MO), Smith's Inlet BC. In 1964-1965 she was owned by Robert A. Blackburn, North Surrey BC. In 1965-1968 she was owned by Ronald M. Jebb (MO), Langley BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1968-05-30
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On January 30, 1968 this vessel foundered and sank at the Pitt River Marina BC and was a total loss.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; 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_t11926/1495?r=0&s=4 ;
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