Ship Details

Western Ranger (II)

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Photo Credit: Kyle Stubbs

 
 
Registry #1 391880 (Canada) Registry #2 CF1504VJ (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 21057
 
Name 1 1978 Western Ranger (II) Name 6
Name 2 1993c Lady Cheryl Name 7
Name 3 2003c Royal Pacific (II) Name 8
Name 4 2011 Sandra Lee (VI) Name 9
Name 5 2020c Southern Pacific (I) Name 10
 
Year Built 1978 Place Richmond Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 63' x ? x ?
Builder Shore Boat Builders Ltd. Measurement (metric) 19.1m x 5.9m x 2.4m
Hull Aluminum Displacement
Gross Tonnage 77.88 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 28.03 Type 2
Engine 365bhp diesel engine (1978) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign WDD8650
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1978-1984 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1993 she was owned by Floyd L. Johnson, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 2003-2011 she was owned by Franklin Cliffton, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 2023 she was owned by USA interests.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2011-12-20
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
George Schneider (Email to Nauticapedia 27/06/2023) stated "In the fishing harbor I spotted one of the ex-Canadian fishing boats, SOUTHERN PACIFIC (CF1504VJ). When local fishermen needed to replace their wooden boats, it was discovered that fishing with low net tonnages could register under state license, and therefor the prohibition of foreign-built vessels doing local fishing could be bypassed, because that only applied to documented vessels. Just as passenger vessels can get the rules fudged to be under 100 gross tons, SOUTHERN PACIFIC measures in at just 4 net tons, so is exempt from being documented. 4 net tons equates to 400 cubic feet of taxable space, so assuming an 8 foot overhead, only a 7x7 foot room on her is classed as money-earning."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; George Schneider (Email to Nauticapedia 27/06/2023); 27/06/2023);
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