Ship Details

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Registry #1 138304 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1916 Coaster (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1916 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 94.0' x 21.0' x 7.2'
Builder Westminster Marine Railway Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 28.7m x 6.4m x 2.2m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 140 Type 1 Freighter, collier
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 78nhp SCSA diesel engine (1916) Engine Manufacture Fairbanks Morse Co., Beloit WI USA
Repower Repowered with a 29nhp oil engine by Fairbanks Morse Co., Beloit WI Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1925 she was rebuilt and motorized. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1919-1938 she was owned by Coast Steamship Co. (1922) Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1938-08-25
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On August 25, 1938 this freighter, with a cargo of gold ore, was wrecked in Puget Sound (1.5 miles northwest of Point No Point WA USA) in a collision with the North Coast while en route from Victoria BC to Tacoma WA USA.
 
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); Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927;
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