Ship Details
Koprino Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	153045 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	90085

 

Name 1	1926	Koprino	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1926	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	77.0' x 18.1' x 7.7'
Builder	Hoffar-Beeching Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	24.6m x 5.5m x 2.6m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	87	Type 1	Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage	59	Type 2
Engine	125hp 4-cylinder 4 stroke gasoline engine (1926)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas Imperial Engine Works, Oakland CA
Repower	In 1951 she was repowered with a 200hp Crossley Brothers (Manchester UK) diesel at Burrard Shipyard. Repowered with a 365bhp diesel engine (2004c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	She was rebuilt (date unknown).	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1931 she was owned by The Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver B. In 1940 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd. Vancouver BC as a fish packer. In 1958-1973 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd. Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973-1979 she was owned by The Packers Steamship Co. Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1980-1993 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2004 she was owned by B.N.D.M. Enterprises Ltd., Huntington BC Canada. In 2011-2012 she was owned by Jim Pattison Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2012-10-04

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 1931 this vessel damaged her propeller on Ripple Rock BC Canada. This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel was mobilized as a Fishermen’s Reserve vessel from September 07, 1939 to September 18, 1939. On January 19, 1943 this vesselrammed the fishpacker Algie, five miles from the Ballenas Islands. At first the crew thought it was a glancing blow but this vesselbegan to fill with water. The Koprino took on the crew and the Algie sank.

 

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); RG12 Reel T-11586 (Koprino); RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization Volume 1 ; Email Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 23/02/2019);
Last update
2023-11-16 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane (2014);
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2023);

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