Ship Details
Unican (I) Photo Credit: City of Vancouver Archives AM54-S4-_Bo_P455

 

Registry #1	111986 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1902	Unican (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1907	Belcarra	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1902	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	89.2' x 20.0' x 8.0'
Builder	Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	176	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	120	Type 2
Engine	20nhp Scottish single reciprocating steam engine (1902)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain John Edgar Fulton (1910)

 

Owner(s)
In 1902 she was owned by United Canneries of British Columbia, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1905 she was owned by H.C.H. Cannon et al., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1907-1910 she was owned by Terminal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1910 she was owned by Sechelt Steamship Company.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1910-09-17

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel was registered in Vancouver BC. In 1902 this vessel was owned by Terminal Steamship Company, used on North Arm and Howe Sound service. In 1910 this vessel was owned by Sechelt Steamship Company for northern routes. This vessel was owned by United Canners (B.C.) Co.Ltd. On September 17, 1910 this vessel was stranded on the rocks in heavy fog in Agamemnon Channel BC. This vessel was a steamship which carried the travelling post office Burrard Inlet on Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm.

 

References
Keller, Betty C. and Rosella M. Leslie (1996)Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); MacDonald, C. & D. Drake, J. Doerksen, M. Cotton (1998); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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