Ship Details

Camenita

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Photo Credit: Western Fisheries Magazine

 
 
Registry #1 154340 (Canada) Registry #2 FY.41 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 99374
 
Name 1 1927 Camenita Name 6
Name 2 1942 Camenita (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1945 Camenita Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1927 Place Steveston Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 53.4' x 14.3' x 7.3'
Builder Yamanaka, Sadakishi Measurement (metric) 16.28m x 4.36m x 2.23m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 39.99 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 27.19 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 50bhp 2.5hp diesel engine (No. 7116) Engine Manufacture Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower Repowered with a 170bhp diesel engine (1959) General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI; Repowered with a 230bhp diesel engine (1978) General Motors (Canada) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # FY.41 Masters Coxswain James F. Brown RCNR (1943); Coxswain Thor Sollien RCNR (1944)
 
Owner(s)
In 1927 she was owned by M. Tanaka, Steveston BC Canada. In 1930-1942 she was owned by Takejiro Nakata, Steveston BC Canada. At the start of the Second World War she was seized from Japanese owners for service with the Royal Canadian Navy. At the time her appraised value was $6,900. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1945-1948 she was owned by Ante Boroevich, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1955 she was owned by H. Bell-Irving & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1956 she was owned by Joseph Carr, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1956-1970 she was owned by James Wadhams, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1971-2004 she was owned by Norman J. Wadhams, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 2011-2024 she was owned by Colin Ritchie, Alert Bay BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2024-01-08
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1942 this vessel was commissioned into the RCN Fisherman's Reserve as Camenita (H.M.C.S.) - Canadian Naval Patrol Vessel, Fishermen's Reserve
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Freeman, David J. (2000); RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Camenita); RG12 Reel T-11576 (Camenita); RG24 Volume 6726 File 8000-471/9 General Information - HMCS CAMENITA ; Bryon Taylor (Email 23/01/2019); Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
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