Ship Details

Magellan Straits

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Photo Credit: S.C. Heal

 
 
Registry #1 194210 (Canada) Registry #2 M.639 (RCAF) Registry #3
IMO# 5217062 MMSI# VRN# 90973
 
Name 1 1943 M.639 General MacKenzie (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 1945c Mar Bermejo Name 7
Name 3 1959c Majellan Streight Name 8
Name 4 1968c Magellan Straits Name 9
Name 5 1970 Magellan (I) Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 89.2' x 24.5' x 9.3'
Builder Victoria Motor Boat & Repair Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) 27.19m x 7.47m x 2.83m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 176.62 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 65.26 Type 2 Tug
Engine 400bhp diesel engine (1943) Engine Manufacture Enterprise Engine & Foundry Co., San Francisco, CA
Repower Repowered with a 400bhp diesel engine Atlas Gas Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA (2004c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign G3AW
Pendant  # M.639 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1943-1946 she was acquired by the Royal Canadian Air Force. She was transferred to the RCAF immediately after being built. In 1946 she was sold by War Assets Corp. (asking price $75,000). In 1946 she was owned by Mexican owners. In 1951-1966 she was owned by Straits Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1967-1969 she was owned by Mirko Loncarich (MO), Vancouver BC and Joseph Loncarich, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1969-1973 she was owned by Anglo-British Columbia Packing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1974-1980 she was owned by Leonard Smith (MO), Langley BC Canada. In 1981-1989 she was owned by Smith's Ocean Survival Inc., Fort Fraser BC Canada. In 1989 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1992 she was owned by David J. Turner, New Westminster BC Canada. In 1994-1998 she was owned by Magellan Marine Ltd., New Westminster BC Canada. In 1999-2007 she was owned by Lamina Pile Driving Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2011-2017 she was owned by David A. Crosson, Chilliwack BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2017-03-30
 
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Anecdotes
During the Second World War this vessel was built by the Pacific Command Water Transport Company of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. This vessel is no longer registered in Canada. Colin Henthorne (Email to Nauticapedia 27/12/2019) states that "Magellan has reportedly sunk for the second time. The Port of Vancouver has issued a temporary work order to remove and dispose of her (North Arm, Fraser River)."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 34 (1946); Weicht, Chris (1997); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11588 (Magellan); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11866/1100?r=0&s=5 ;
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