Ship Details

Unican (I)

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Photo Credit: City of Vancouver Archives AM54-S4-_Bo_P455

 
 
Registry #1 111986 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1902 Unican (I) Name 6
Name 2 1907 Belcarra Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1902 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 89.2' x 20.0' x 8.0'
Builder Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 176 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 120 Type 2
Engine 20nhp Scottish single reciprocating steam engine (1902) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain John Edgar Fulton (1910)
 
Owner(s)
In 1902 she was owned by United Canneries of British Columbia, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1905 she was owned by H.C.H. Cannon et al., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1907-1910 she was owned by Terminal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1910 she was owned by Sechelt Steamship Company.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1910-09-17
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was registered in Vancouver BC. In 1902 this vessel was owned by Terminal Steamship Company, used on North Arm and Howe Sound service. In 1910 this vessel was owned by Sechelt Steamship Company for northern routes. This vessel was owned by United Canners (B.C.) Co.Ltd. On September 17, 1910 this vessel was stranded on the rocks in heavy fog in Agamemnon Channel BC. This vessel was a steamship which carried the travelling post office Burrard Inlet on Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm.
 
References
Keller, Betty C. and Rosella M. Leslie (1996)Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); MacDonald, C. & D. Drake, J. Doerksen, M. Cotton (1998); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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