Ship Details
Skidegate (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 

Registry #1	154549 (Canada)	Registry #2	Z.20 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	22962

 

Name 1	1927	B.C.P. 41 (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1938	Skidegate (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1946	Ochichak	Name 8
Name 4	1946	Santa Rosa (I)	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1927	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	47.0' x 13.7' x ?
Builder	Celtic Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	15.3m x 4.2m x 2.2m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	29.73	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	20.22	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	2.5nhp engine (1927)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 80hp engine; Repowered with a 140hp engine (1957c); Repowered with a 190bhp diesel engine (2004c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1948 she was rebuilt (32gt 22rt.) (50.1' x 13.8' x 7.1') at Vancouver BC.	Call Sign
Pendant  #	Z.20	Masters	In 1942 Inge Valen (Coxswain RCNR) was in command; In 1943 Thor Sollien (Coxswain RCNR) in command and John M. Morrison (Coxswain RCNR); In 1944 Peter E. Haan (Coxswain RCNR (FR)) and Harry A. Nordin (Coxswain RCNR (FR)) with John M. Morrison (Skipper RCNR (FR))

 

Owner(s)

In 1927-1932 she was owned by Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. She was owned by J. Dutton, Vancouver BC Canada. She was owned by J.J. Cross Marine Supplies. In 1938 she was appraised at $5,750. In 1938 she was purchased and commissioned into Royal Canadian Navy as a Canadian Naval Training Vessel. In 1946-1949 she was owned by John Steffich (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946 she was renamed as the Santa Rosa. In 1953-1971 she was owned by Peter Wishinski, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1974 she was owned by Sao Miguel Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975 she was owned by Hunt Fishing Co. Ltd. et al., Campbell River BC Canada. In 1976 she was owned by Millbanke Industries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1977-1983 she was owned by Eugene Hunt, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1984-1987 she was owned by Alfred Hunt, Richmond BC Canada. In 1988-1995 she was owned by James W. Walkus, Nanoose Bay BC Canada. In 2001-2024 she was owned by Inar Jager, Minstrel Island BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel is listed (possibly incorrectly) by several authors as being part of the RCN Fishermen's Reserve. In 1942 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy but not listed as a Fishermen's Reserve vessel in the Canadian Naval List. In 1943-1944 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham doing harbour duties at Prince Rupert BC. In 1946 this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927)
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