Ship Details
Sunnfjord Photo Credit: Colin Levings

 

Registry #1	189617 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	20716; OR441AEB;

 

Name 1	1957	Sunnfjord	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1957	Place	Dollarton	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	67.6' x 20.8' x 9.5'
Builder	Matsumoto & Sons Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	102.52	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	69.71	Type 2
Engine	280bhp diesel engine (1957)	Engine Manufacture	Davey, Paxman & Co. Ltd., Colchester UK
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1963 she was rebuilt by Prince Rupert Shipyards Ltd.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1957-1961 she was owned by Howard J. Haugan (MO), and Raymond H.C. Haugan (JO), and Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association, all of Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1961-1965 she was owned by Howard J. Haugan, and Raymond H.C. Haugan (JO), Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1965-1967 she was owned by the Sunnfjord Fishing Co. Ltd., Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1968-1969 she was owned by Foster P. Husoy, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1970-1971 she was owned by Wilfred P. Prince, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1979 she was owned by Richard M. Wood, Coquitlam BC Canada. In 1980-1983 she was owned by Prince Rupert Fishermen's Credit Union, Prince Rupert BC and R. Mason-Wood Enetrprises Ltd., Coquitlam BC and Fife Developments Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1984 she was owned by Prince Rupert Fishermen's Credit Union, Prince Rupert BC and Fife Developments Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1985-2009 she was owned by Fife Developments Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2009 she was sold into US ownership.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2009-02-06

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On January 31, 2018 this vessel sank off Pt. Alva off the coast of the Olympic Peninsula. The US Coast Guard got a report Wednesday afternoon that the boat was flooding and that dewatering pumps were unable to keep up with the rising water.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; http://www.kxro.com/f-v-sunnfjord-sinks-off-washington-coast/; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/1240?r=0&s=4 ;
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