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[Robert McDonald]

Would appreciate information and particulars on the coast tanker UNAGANA. Photo taken by my Dad at CPC Vancouver Island in 1936.

[Bob Scott]

UNACANA (LR/IMO no 5268425) 944 grt: launched 1922 as cargo ship HOPSBORG, by Rennie Ritchie & Newport, Wivenhoe, Essex, England. Completed 1927 by Otto Andersen at Wivenhoe 1927 & converted to tanker 1927-28. Re-engined by P.Smit, Jr., Rotterdam.  1929-renamed UNACANA by Santa Maria Steamship Co; 1946-BRITAMERICAN; 1959-PACIFIC TANKER; 1968-converted to dumb barge at Manila, Philippines. See http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=37b0904.pdf for fuller details.

[Robert McDonald]

Thank you so much!  I've got tons of photos taken by my parents, who worked seasonally at CPC - with nary a pencil mark on the back!  Thanks for helping with this one.  Robert (McDonald) in Port Townsend www.oil-electric.com