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The Wreck of the Mandala No. 1
by Ariane Terez Benedek and John MacFarlane 2020
The Mandala No. 1 (Photo by Clint Tauber.)
The Mandala No. 1 was built in 1989 by Alberni Engineering & Shipyards Ltd. at Port Alberni BC. 13.47m x 5.03m x 2.01m steel hulled 38.41gt powered by a 230bhp diesel engine. In 1989–2004 she was owned by Bruce W. Devereux, Vancouver BC. In 2012–2019 she was owned by Worldwide Seafoods Inc., Vancouver BC and G. & I. Fishing and Investments Ltd., Courtenay BC.
On November 15, 2019 the Mandala No. 1 was wrecked on Cape Palmerston BC after she caught fire, was abandoned, and then drifted ashore. (Photo by Ariane Terez Benedek.)
Ariane Terez Benedek says "I took the photos on March 19th, 2020 (just last week). We were out there, my husband and I and dog on one of our beachcombing excursions that we do. Luckily we had great weather, it was sunny, a low swell and the tide was going out, making it possible to hike this area. This is a really rugged area. We had to climb steep terrain over big headlands and follow the wolf trails that tunnel through the thick salal, many times crawling!! We were really surprised to see this wreck on the beach. There was miscellaneous fishing gear strewn about and packages of fishing lures we were able to gather. This area has a lot of rock outcroppings and from that vantage point I was able to get the photos."
The wreck of the Mandala No. 1 (Photo by Ariane Terez Benedek.)
On November 15, 2019 the Mandala No. 1 was wrecked on Cape Palmerston BC after she caught fire, was abandoned, and then drifted ashore. Within only 4 months the power of the waves has been tremendous. The vessel is torn up with only half the hull remaining intact.
The wreck of the Mandala No. 1 (Photo by Ariane Terez Benedek.)
The wreck of the Mandala No. 1 (Photo by Ariane Terez Benedek.)
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Site News: January 14, 2025
The vessel database has been updated and is now holding 94,957 vessel histories (with 16,337 images and 13,935 records of ship wrecks and marine disasters).
The mariner and naval biography database has also been updated and now contains 58,599 entries (with 3998 images).
My thanks to Ray Warren who is beginning a long process of filling gaps in the photo record of the vessel histories in the vessel database. Ray has been documenting the ships of Vancouver Harbour for more than 60 years.
Thanks to contributor Mike Rydqvist McCammon for the hundreds of photos he continues to contribute to illustrate British Columbia’s floating heritage.
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Thanks to John Spivey who is beginning his 4th year of fact checking all of the entries in the vessel database.