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Bakur

Bakur
Photo: Dirk Septer

Histoire

This fishboat, general was built in 1961 by Soviksnes Skipsbyggari AS in Syvikgrand.

Notes historiques

Dirk Septer stated (Email to Nauticapedia 07/02/2025) "Used for fishing Grand Banks and whaling. The original blueprints show a fixed Harpoon Gun on the bow. Only Faeroese fishing vessel with two kingposts or air intakes just in front of the wheelhouse. In May 2006 arrested for drug smuggling; crew was charged after authorities found 1,200 kilograms of marijuana worth more than $6-million aboard the 47-metre vessel in Ucluelet. After the bust, the ship was towed to a secure location at CFB Esquimalt for a thorough search. The Mounties had tracked the ship since it sailed from Halifax NS in late 2005. Renamed Tiberious; registered in Victoria, BC operated as fishing charter."

Propriétaires et capitaines

In the late 1980s she was owned by Carlson Fishing, Halifax NS Canada used as shark fishing vessel.

In 2005 she was owned by Philip Stirling, Chase BC Canada.

In 2011-2014 she was owned by Limar Fishing Ltd., Chase BC Canada.

Références

  • Canada List of Shipping
  • Dirk Septer (Email to Nauticapedia 07/02/2025)
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