Ship Details
North Star II (II) Photo Credit: Christopher James Cole

 

Registry #1	194364 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	23630

 

Name 1	1939	Soyokaze (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1942	North Star II (II)	Name 7
Name 3	1957c	Soyokaze (I)	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1939	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	33.5' x 8.3' x 3.6'
Builder	Kishi Brothers Boat Works	Measurement (metric)	10.21m x 2.53m x 1.10m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	8.31	Type 1	Fishboat, troller
Registered Tonnage	7.42	Type 2
Engine	10hp engine (1939)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1939-1942 she was owned by Shigekazu Matsunaga, Steveston BC Canada. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1957 she was owned by Shigekazu Matsunaga, Campbell River BC Canada. In 1958-1974 she was owned by Shigekazu Matsunaga, Quathiaski Cove BC Canada. In 1975-2003 she was owned by Fujio Matsunaga (MO), Campbell River BC Canada. In 2012-2014 she was owned by Osamu & Fujio Matsunaga, Campbell River BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2017-12-06

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Soyokaze - Japanese for "gentle wind".

 

Anecdotes

In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. This vessel was originally constructed as a 'cod boat'. During the Second World War the original owner was interned and the boat seized and sold as enemy property. In 1991 this vessel was at Campbell River with a double-ender design with a small wheelhouse. In 2003 the Campbell River Museum won an Outstanding Achievement Award of the Heritage Society of BC for their restoration of the vessel. In 2003 this vessel was restored to its original configuration and placed in a permanent exhibit.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Personal Notes (John MacFarlane) 28/03/1991; Heritage B.C. Newsletter Summer 2003; Fukawa, Masaki with Stanley Fukawa and the Nikkei Fishermen's History Book Committee (2009); ;
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