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Registry #1	141607 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1920	Laurel Point	Name 6
Name 2	1936	Hyak I (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1945	Speed The Light	Name 8
Name 4	1967c	Meota	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1920	Place	Victoria	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	39.6' x 11.0' x 5.5'
Builder	Yoneda, Frank	Measurement (metric)	12.1m x 3.4m x 1.7m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	22.2	Type 1	Yacht
Registered Tonnage	18.49	Type 2
Engine	93hp gasoline engine (1920)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 30bhp engine (1945); Repowered with a 93hp engine (1958c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1936 she was rebuilt at Vancouver BC 39.6' x 11.0' x 5.5' 15gt 9rt	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain George Richardson (1930);

 

Owner(s)

In 1920-1925 she was owned by Ling Choi and Ling Hop, Victoria BC Canada. In 1926 she was owned by Tom Yoeneda, Victoria BC Canada. In 1929 she was owned by Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1937-1944 she was owned by John E. Chambers, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1945 she was owned by Pentacostal Assemblies of Canada, Toronto ON Canada. In 1949 she was owned by Mrs. Joseph Renouf, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1958 she was owned by Maurice Wilkinson (MO), Victoria BC Canada. In 1967-2011 she was owned by Douglas R. Pitt, Victoria BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2011-11-15

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On October 28, 1930, while under command of Captain George Richardson, this vessel was destroyed by fire in a gale off Cape Roger Curtis, Bowen Island BC. This vessel had been enroute to Bute Inlet at the time of the incident when a fire broke out in the engine room.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Victoria Daily Times (Victoria BC) Wednesday October 29, 1930 page 22;
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