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Vera Cruz

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Registry #1 198156 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1955 Vera Cruz Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1955 Place Delta Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 32.8' x 12.2' x 5.1'
Builder Deltaga Boat Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 10
Gross Tonnage 15 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner (drum)
Registered Tonnage 10 Type 2 Fishboat, troller
Engine 65hp diesel engine (1955) Engine Manufacture Cummins Engine Co., Columbus IL USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1955-1960 she was owned by Kojiro Sato (MO), New Westminster BC Canada. In 1960-1972 she was owned by Glen I. Gadsden, Ocean Falls BC Canada. In 1972 she was owned by Charles P. Fraser (MO), Victoria BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1972-08-18
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On August 18, 1972 this vessel was stranded and sank in fog in Cox Bay BC northeast of Lennard Island. This vessel was stripped and burned by salvagers.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Palm, R.S. (1978); 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_t11933/388?r=0&s=6 ;
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