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Aleutian Queen If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Registry #1	179090 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1947	Aleutian Queen	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1947	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	64.2' x 18.6' x 7.4'
Builder	A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	73.38	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	52.85	Type 2
Engine	135bhp diesel engine (1947)	Engine Manufacture	Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria IL USA
Repower	Repowered in 1965 with a 220bhp diesel engine by General Motors Corp., Detroit MI	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VYVY
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1947-1949 she was owned by John Fagerlund (MO), North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1955 she was owned by Hildur Fagerlund (widow), North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1955-1957 she was owned by Philip D. Humphreys, Port Washington BC and Herbert W. Taylor, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1957 she was owned by Oisten J. Hansen (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1957-1965 she was owned by Aleutian Fish Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1965-11-10

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On November 10, 1965 this seiner owned by Aleutian Fish Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC was in a collision with a Russian fishing vessel and sank in Queen Charlotte Sound BC near Scott Island, about 12 miles WNW of Frederiksen Point near Bull Harbour BC. One crew member (Odd Gronlund) drowned and two others (Captain Oistein Hansen and Robert Hansen) were rescued.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 2; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/21?r=0&s=4 ; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Wednesday November 10, 1965 pages 6-7;
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