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Registry #1	172549 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1940	Nootka Sound (I)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1940	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	59.2' x 16.6' x 7.0'
Builder	Union Boat Works Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	46.35	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	25.84	Type 2
Engine	110bhp diesel engine (1940)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Works Co., Oakland CA.
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1940-1942 she was owned by C. Nakimura, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942 she was sold to North Shore Packing Co. Ltd., North Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1942 she was sold to Seymour Navigation Co. Ltd., North Vancouver, BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1943-11-03

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942 after being seized from her owners this vessel was released to the North Shore Packing Co. until an order for herring was filled. On November 3, 1943 this vessel foundered in Georgia Strait BC. This vessel has been reported by some sources to have served with the Royal Canadian Navy, but Bryon Taylor (26/11/2017) reports that "Reference RG 24 Volume 5825 File 8000 - 300/38 General Information - HMCS Nootka Sound states that this vessel was requisitioned by the RCN but that in February 1942 the requisition was cancelled - this vessel was not taken up by the navy."

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Freeman, David J. (2000); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Email Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 26/11/2017); RG12 Volume 815 File 9015-N7 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - NOOTKA SOUND; RG 24 Volume 5825 File 8000 - 300/38 General Information - HMCS Nootka Sound; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1944) (Nootka Sound); ;
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