Ship Details
Exilda Photo Credit: Richmond Archives 1999 6 944

 

Registry #1	154569 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	25698

 

Name 1	1927	Exilda	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1927	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	53.2' x 15.2' x 7.4'
Builder	Clyde Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	16.22m x 4.63m x 2.26m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	43.09	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	29.3	Type 2
Engine	75bhp 3.1nhp diesel engine (1927) (No. 7130)	Engine Manufacture	Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower	Repowered with a 150bhp diesel engine (1950) Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL; Repowered with a 240bhp diesel engine (1974) ) Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1927 she was owned by John Williams & Augustine Crozier, both of Vancouver BC Canada. In 1930-1933 she was owned by John O.B. Williams, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934 she was owned by Independent Fishing & Transportation Co., Ltd., New Westminster, BC Canada. In 1937-1946 she was owned by Nikolas Jurincic, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1969 she was owned by H. Bell-Irving & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1969-1972 she was owned by Harold R.J. Sewid, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1972-1990 she was owned by Adam Dick, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1993-1994 she was owned by Nimpkish Development Corp., Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1995-2019 she was owned by William M. Glendale, Alert Bay BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 14/02/2019) states that "This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel participated in the 30 January – 25 February 1939 Fishermen’s Reserve Training Session. This vessel was however not mobilized for active duty during the Second World War."

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 24/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11580 (Exilda); BC Archives MS-0677 Volume 389 File 113 Fishermen’s Reserve; Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
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