Histoire
This schooner, two-masted was built in 1880 by C. & R. Poillon Shipyard in Brooklyn, NY.
Notes historiques
In 1880-1897 this vessel served as a pilot boat at the Port of Piladelphia. In February 1947 this vessel was blown aground at Westham Island during a storm.
In 1978-1990 she was purchased by the Vancouver Maritime Museum in the hope of eventual restoration.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1880-1896 she was owned by Captain Henry Virden, Philadelphia PA USA.
In 1896 she was owned by the Alaska Transport, Trading and Mining Co.
In 1897 she served as sealing schooner from Victoria BC Canada.
In 1899 she operated on freight service to Cape Nome by White Star Steamship Co. of Seattle under the management of F.A. Bell & Co. (Agents).
In 1899 she operated on freight service to Cape Nome by White Star Steamship Co. of Seattle under the management of F.A. Bell & Co. (Agents).
In 1906 she was owned by Captain Hans Blakstad as a sealing vessel.
In 1907 she was owned by Joseph Stockham, Victoria BC Canada.
In 1907 she was owned by James Maynard (MO), Victoria BC Canada and Thomas Stockham (JO), Victoria BC Canada.
In 1907-1911 she was a seal hunter.
She was renamed as the Sandheads serving as the Lightship at the mouth of the Fraser River.
In 1911-1939 she was owned by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa ON Canada.
In 1913 the Sandheads Lightship Station was re-established as Lightship No.16 under sail power only.
In 1939-1954 she was owned by the Minister of Transport, Ottawa ON Canada.
In 1956 she was owned by Crown Assets and Disposal Corp., Ottawa ON Canada.
In 1956-1962 she was owned by Coast Fishing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1962 she was owned by Northwest Distributors Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1962-1969 she was owned by Edna Hookins, Garden Bay BC Canada.
In 1969 she was owned by Virginia J. Mackenzie, Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1969-1977 she was owned by James P. Mackenzie, Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1978-2007 she was owned by the Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association, Vancouver BC Canada.
Capitaines
Captain E.L. Janes (1947-1956);
Signification du nom
Thomas F. Bayard was a United States Senator from Delaware USA.
Reconstructions
In 1956 she was converted at Foster's Shipyard to a fishpacker.
Références
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1903)
- Newell, G. (1966)
- Canada List of Shipping
- Morris, Rob and Leonard McCann. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press
- The Province (Vancouver BC) Wednesday January 25, 1956 page 1
- Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday July 11, 1955 page 9
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 04/03/2025)
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 04/03/2025)
