Ship Details
Gospel Light Photo Credit: Rolf Leben

 

Registry #1	192062 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1949	Gospel Light	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1949	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	32.4' x 10.9' x 4.1'
Builder	Harford, F.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	11.53	Type 1	Mission Boat
Registered Tonnage	7.84	Type 2
Engine	100bhp gasoline engine (1949)	Engine Manufacture	Ford Motor Co., Detroit MI
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1949-1971 she was owned by The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Inc., Toronto ON Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1971-01-25

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

On January 02, 1971 this mission boat owned by The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Inc., Toronto ON was destroyed by fire off Crab Island at Holberg BC in Quatsino Sound. The Rev. Charles Benterud was returning two members of his congregation home in Holberg when the oil cooking stove exploded. CFB Holberg sent vessels to the rescue and found people in the water and still on board. Mrs. Ruth Miller and 3-year old Rita Benterud were killed and the rest of the people on board were injured. The mission boat was beached but this vessel was a total loss to the fire.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; 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_t11930/456?r=0&s=4 ; The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday January 4, 1971 page 4;
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