Ship Details

Ochichak

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Registry #1 154549 (Canada) Registry #2 Z.20 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 22962
 
Name 1 1927 B.C.P. 41 (I) Name 6
Name 2 1938 Skidegate (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1946 Ochichak Name 8
Name 4 1946 Santa Rosa (I) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1927 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 47.0' x 13.7' x ?
Builder Celtic Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 15.3m x 4.2m x 2.2m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 29.73 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 20.22 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 2.5nhp engine (1927) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 80hp engine; Repowered with a 140hp engine (1957c); Repowered with a 190bhp diesel engine (2004c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1948 she was rebuilt (32gt 22rt.) (50.1' x 13.8' x 7.1') at Vancouver BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # Z.20 Masters In 1942 Inge Valen (Coxswain RCNR) was in command; In 1943 Thor Sollien (Coxswain RCNR) in command and John M. Morrison (Coxswain RCNR); In 1944 Peter E. Haan (Coxswain RCNR (FR)) and Harry A. Nordin (Coxswain RCNR (FR)) with John M. Morrison (Skipper RCNR (FR))
 
Owner(s)
In 1927-1932 she was owned by Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. She was owned by J. Dutton, Vancouver BC Canada. She was owned by J.J. Cross Marine Supplies. In 1938 she was appraised at $5,750. In 1938 she was purchased and commissioned into Royal Canadian Navy as a Canadian Naval Training Vessel. In 1946-1949 she was owned by John Steffich (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946 she was renamed as the Santa Rosa. In 1953-1971 she was owned by Peter Wishinski, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1974 she was owned by Sao Miguel Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975 she was owned by Hunt Fishing Co. Ltd. et al., Campbell River BC Canada. In 1976 she was owned by Millbanke Industries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1977-1983 she was owned by Eugene Hunt, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1984-1987 she was owned by Alfred Hunt, Richmond BC Canada. In 1988-1995 she was owned by James W. Walkus, Nanoose Bay BC Canada. In 2001-2024 she was owned by Inar Jager, Minstrel Island BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1938 this vessel was purchased for duty with the RCNR Special Section (Fishermen's Reserve). In 1939 this vessel was transferred out of the Fishermen’s Reserve. In 1942 this vessel was transferred back to the Fishermen’s Reserve and was manned by Fishermen’s Reserve Personnel. In 1942 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. In 1943-1944 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham doing harbour duties at Prince Rupert BC. In 1946 this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); LAC RG12 Reel T-11840 (1938) (Ochichak); LAC RG12 Reel T-11595 (Santa Rosa); LAC RG24 Volume 8000-496/22 General Information - HMCS SKIDEGATE; LAC RG24 Volume 118998 File 1-6-1 Prince Rupert Fishermen’s Reserve General; DHH Box 289 File 008 HMCS SKIDEGATE - Examination Vessel ;
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