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Lewac

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Registry #1 153098 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1926 Lewac Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1926 Place Esquimalt Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 75.2' x 17.6' x 9.2'
Builder B.C. Marine Railway Co., Esquimalt BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 80 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 59 Type 2
Engine 220bhp Imperial diesel engine (1926) Engine Manufacture Atlas Gas Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1926-1932 she was owned by the Canadian Packing Corporation Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1932-02-01
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On February 1, 1932 this seiner foundered in heavy weather 3-4 miles off the Sunday Rocks near Estevan Point BC. This vessel sprang a leak which the crew could not counteract. The crew were rescued by the Percy W. and shortly afterward this vessel sank carrying her cargo of 54 tons of herring down 24 fathoms.
 
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); Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo BC) Wednesday, March 9, 1932 page 1;
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