Ship Details

North Star II (II)

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Photo Credit: Christopher James Cole

 
 
Registry #1 194364 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 23630
 
Name 1 1939 Soyokaze (I) Name 6
Name 2 1951 North Star II (II) Name 7
Name 3 1957c Soyokaze (I) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1939 Place Steveston Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 33.5' x 8.3' x 3.6'
Builder Kishi Brothers Boat Works Measurement (metric) 10.21m x 2.53m x 1.10m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 8.31 Type 1 Fishboat, troller
Registered Tonnage 7.42 Type 2
Engine 10hp engine (1939) Engine Manufacture Easthope Brothers Ltd., Vancouver BC
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1939-1942 she was owned by Shigekazu Matsunaga, Steveston BC Canada. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King (Japanese Fishing Vessel Disposal Committee). In 1951-1957 she was owned by Freda Harlock (MO), Sidney BC Canada. In 1957 she was owned by Shigekazu Matsunaga, Campbell River BC Canada. In 1958-1974 she was owned by Shigekazu Matsunaga, Quathiaski Cove BC Canada. In 1975-2003 she was owned by Fujio Matsunaga (MO), Campbell River BC Canada. In 2012-2017 she was owned by Osamu & Fujio Matsunaga, Campbell River BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2017-12-06
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Soyokaze - Japanese for "gentle wind".
 
Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King (Japanese Fishboat Disposal Committee). This vessel was originally constructed as a 'cod boat'. During the Second World War the original owner was interned and the boat seized and sold as enemy property. In 1991 this vessel was at Campbell River with a double-ender design with a small wheelhouse. In 2003 the Campbell River Museum won an Outstanding Achievement Award of the Heritage Society of BC for their restoration of the vessel. In 2003 this vessel was restored to its original configuration and placed in a permanent exhibit.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Personal Notes (John MacFarlane) 28/03/1991; Heritage B.C. Newsletter Summer 2003; Fukawa, Masaki with Stanley Fukawa and the Nikkei Fishermen's History Book Committee (2009); ; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6374148&q=Ship%20Registration%20North&ecopy=e011468330 (website viewed 05/02/2025);
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