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B.C.P. IV

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Registry #1 154534 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1927 B.C.P. IV Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1927 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 35' x 9' x 4.1'
Builder Hoffar-Beeching Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 6
Gross Tonnage 9 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 6 Type 2
Engine 1.4nhp gasoline engine Engine Manufacture Hall-Scott Motor Car Co., Berkeley CA USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1927-1934 she was owned by the Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1934-03-27
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The initials B.C.P. stand for British Columbia Packers Ltd.
 
Anecdotes
On March 27, 1934 this vessel suffered a fire at Bingbanis Beach, 5 miles north of Sechelt BC.
 
References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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