Ship Details
San Tomas Photo Credit: Richmond Archives 1999 6 1880

 

Registry #1	170951 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.02 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1938	San Tomas	Name 6
Name 2	1940	San Tomas (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1944	San Tomas	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1938	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	56.5' x 17.9' x 9'
Builder	A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	62.98	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	40.56	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	110bhp diesel engine (1938)	Engine Manufacture	Union Diesel Engine Co., Oakland, CA
Repower	Repowered with a 220bhp diesel engine, General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI (1956);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.02	Masters	In 1942 James L. Detweiler (Skipper Coxswain RCNR) in command; In 1943 James L. Detweiler (Skipper Coxswain RCNR) in command. In 1944 James L. Detweiler MBE (Chief Skipper RCNR (FR)) in command with Wilfred L. Secord (Coxswain RCNR (FR); Captain Walter Steen 1958.

 

Owner(s)

In 1938-1945 she was owned by James Detweiller. In 1938 she was sold to Northern Navigation and Traiding Co., Ltd., Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1939 she was appraised at $24,000 and in 1940 chartered for $390 per month into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1944 she was returned to her owner. In 1944 she was sold to Seymour Navigation Co., Ltd., North Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1949 she was owned by Daniel Johnson (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1954 she was sold to Eric Valdimar, Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1955-1956 she was owned by Swen Jerstad (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1956 she was sold to Eric Johnson, Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1956-1958 she was owned by Captain Walter H. Steen (MO), Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1958-02-07

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel was mobilized 15 Sep 1939. In 1939 this vessel was appraised at $24,000 and chartered for $390 per month In 07 Sep 1939 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve In 1942 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. In 1943-1944 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy II. On February 7, 1958 this seiner sank near Ramsay Island, Bigs Inlet BC. About 8:00am a bulkhead gave way and her cargo of 80 tons of herring shifted. The crew immediately headed to beach her at Porter Head on Moresby Island where this vessel grounded in shallow water. The seiner Shirley Rose came along side and rescued the crew "without even getting their feet wet".

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); RG12 Reel T-11849 (1958) San Tomas); RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization; RG24 Volume 6728 File 8000-471/48 General Information - HMCS SAN TOMAS ; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); The Province (Vancouver BC) Friday February 7, 1958 page 1;
Last update

Disclaimer: We are a group of volunteers, and this is not an "official" site. The information on this site is for informational purposes only and for the enjoyment of floating heritage. The Nauticapedia Project, its volunteers and its contributing authors assume no liability for any inaccurate or incomplete information, nor for any actions taken in reliance thereon. The information contained about each individual, vessel and firm has been checked to the best of our ability but may contain unintended inaccuracies or omissions. Please cite the source of the information you quote from these articles and database searches.

© 2002-2023