Ship Details
Washington (I) Photo Credit: City of Victoria Archives PR-0101-M08125

 

Registry #1	(Norwegian Registry)	Registry #2	(Finland Registry)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1919	Washington (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1923	Cyntia	Name 7
Name 3	1923	Valborg	Name 8
Name 4	1947	Margareta	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1919	Place	Victoria	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	197.5' x 40.0' x 16.5'
Builder	Cholberg Shipyard	Measurement (metric)	64.2m x 12.2m x 5.0m
Hull	Wood	Displacement	976
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Schooner, five-masted
Registered Tonnage	1000	Type 2
Engine	diesel engine (1933)	Engine Manufacture	Scandia-Vabis A/B, Sodertalje Sweden
Repower		Propulsion	Sail/screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain F.E. Matthews (1926-1927);

 

Owner(s)

In 1919 she was owned by A/S Wood, Porsgrund Norway. In 1923 she was owned by Hanon and Holm, Porsgrund Norway. In 1926-1927 she was owned by Varvs-och Rederi A/B Viking (K.A. Hoglund mgr), Mariehamn Finland. In 1933 she was owned by Gustaf Eriksen, Mariehamn Sweden. She was owned by Edgar Eriksen, Mariehamn Sweden. In 1936 she was owned by Finnish owners. In 1945 she was owned by Finnish owners. In 1947-1950 she was owned by C.J.S. Mattsson, Turku Finland.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1950-01-29

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1939 this vessel was afloat in Finland as the Valborg. Kyle Stubbs (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 20/09/2019) stated that "Valborg was renamed Margareta in 1947, still under the Finnish flag. On January 29, 1950, this vessel collided with a floating object and sank in the Baltic Sea near Sassnitz, Germany while hauling coal on a voyage from Poland to Denmark."

 

References
Gibbs, Jim A. (1968); Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927; https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164921&fbclid=IwAR2OI_-fztPYBLOGA9agTNI35obZKklLuLSGyOW_2NDey3pNblrpArirSgo ;
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