Ship Details
North Vancouver Ferry No. 3 Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	130447 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1910	North Vancouver Ferry No. 3	Name 6
Name 2	1967c	N.B.F. No. 3 (I)	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1910	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	145.0' x 29.2' x 12.4'
Builder	Wallace Shipyards Ltd., North Vancouver BC	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	1176	Type 1	Ferry, Passenger
Registered Tonnage	791.83	Type 2	Barge
Engine	42nhp scottish steam reciprocating engine (1910)	Engine Manufacture	McKie & Baxter, Glasgow Scotland UK
Repower	Repowered with a 600hp steam engine (1957c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Spracklin (1928);

 

Owner(s)

In 1910-1914 she was owned by North Vancouver City Ferries Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1914-1952 she was owned by The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1952 she was owned by Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1952-1954 she was owned by Thomas S. Byrn (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1954-1967 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1977-1980 she was owned by Matsumoto Shipyards Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1984-01-03

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	The initials N.B.F. stand for 'Nelson Brothers Fishing'.

 

Anecdotes
On August 24, 1928 this ferry, while under command of Captain Spracklin and owned by The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver, collided with the Canadian National Railway tug Canadian National No. 1 in Burrard Inlet BC. The tug was so deeply embeded in the hull of the ferry that it took 30 minutes to separate them. There were no injuries on either vessel.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); 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_t11924/943?r=0&s=4 ; The Province (Vancouver BC) Friday August 24, 1928 page 1;
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