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Tapawinga (I)

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Registry #1 157236 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1932 Tapawinga (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1932 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 54.7' x 13.5' x 6.8'
Builder W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 25
Gross Tonnage 37 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 25 Type 2
Engine 3 - 860bhp gasoline engines (1932) Engine Manufacture Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1932-1935 she was owned by South Sea Traders Ltd. (Captain C.H. Hudson, manager), Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1935-01-19
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel is said to have operated as a shore boat rum runner. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). On January 19, 1935 this vessel was destroyed by fire at sea while sport fishing in California five miles southwest of San Pedro Breakwater.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Miles, Fraser (1992); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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