Ship Details

Kyac

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Registry #1 126884 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1910 Kyac Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1910 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 55.0' x 13.3' x 6.2'
Builder Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 20 Type 1 Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage 19.5 Type 2
Engine 6nhp gasoline engine (1910) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 4.5hp engine (1934); 5hp engine (1942); Repowered with a 45hp engine (1945); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Jack Steele (1946);
 
Owner(s)
In 1910-1931 she was owned by Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934-1938 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1943 she was owned by Johannes Egeland (MO), Sidney BC Canada. In 1945-1946 she was owned by Gerald Horncastle (MO), Victoria BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1946-04-04
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1910 this vessel was based at the Balmoral Cannery. On April 4, 1946 this vessel foundered and sank on Kelp Reef in Ucluelet Inlet BC. Captain Jack Steele was lost in the incident, and two other members of the crew were saved.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Palm, R.S. (1978); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) (Shipwreck Chart No. 2); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Province (Vancouver BC) Friday April 5, 1946 page 1;
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