Ship Details
Turenga Photo Credit: Annals of the RVanYC

 

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

 

Name 1	1914	Turenga	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1914	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Edson Schock	Measurement (imp)	? x ? x ?
Builder	W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Yacht, sail
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Sail
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1914 she was originally owned by B.T. Rogers, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929 she was owned by Philip Rogers, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929 she was owned by L.R. Bridwell, Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was an R-class yacht, the first challenger from the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club to sail against the Seattle yacht Sir Tom for the Lipton Cup.

 

References
Harbour & Shipping May 1929;
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