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Speedway

Speedway
Photo: Mark Ward

Histoire

This schooner, three-masted was built in 1917 by Jones, Sidney St. Clair in Little Brook, NS.

Notes historiques

This vessel was reported to have operated in the rum running trade. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). On January 24, 1925 this vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire and sank in the Strait of Juan de Fuca (all crew saved).

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1918 she was owned by the Weymouth Shipping Co. Ltd., Weymouth NS Canada.

In 1918 she was owned by Melbourne Australia interests.

In 1924-1925 she was owned by John Murray Bowman, Vancouver BC Canada.

Capitaines

Captain R. Sinclair (1925)

Remotorisation

This vessel was powered with 1-330hp auxiliary twin screw engines by Union Gas Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA and 1- gasoline engine by Standard Motor Construction Co., Jersey City NJ USA

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