Geschichte
This passenger vessel was built in 1910 by Vancouver Shipyards Ltd..
Historische Notizen
On November 27, 1951 the New Delta was towing the barge Lucky N. carrying a cargo of furniture when this vessel was swamped by high seas and run aground two miles east of Myrtle Point. The crew of three was saved: Captain Ben McDonald, John Argue (engineer) and Harold Price (deck hand). The tug was salvaged.
In 1957 this vessel was destroyed by fire, burned to the waterline near Powell River BC Canada. (The Canada Register was not closed until 1979).
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1910 she was owned by Gilbert W. Brewster, Ladner BC Canada.
In 1910-1919 she was owned by Gilbert W. Brewster, Ladner BC Canada and Albert H. Huntley (JO), Westbury Wilts UK.
In 1919-1922 she was owned by Vancouver-Port Moody Ferries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1922-1926 she was owned by Harbour Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1926-1927 she was owned by William H. Armstrong, Burnaby BC Canada.
In 1927-1935 she was owned by Mrs. William H. (Milda May)Armstrong, Burnaby BC Canada.
In 1935-1936 she was owned by Empire Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1936-1944 she was owned by North Shore Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1944 she was owned by Perth A. McIntyre (MO), West Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1944-1946 she was owned by Captain Maurice G. Troup, Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1946 she was owned by Cecil C. Harris, Pender Harbour BC Canada. (On November 26, 1946 Cecil C. Harris died and Ellen Harris was appointed executor.) In 1946-1947 she was owned by Ellen Harris (MO), Pender Harbor BC Canada.
In 1947-1948 she was owned by Ellen Harris, c/o Kanata Marine Ways, Vancouver BC Canada and by Captain Americo V. DiCastri (JO), Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1948 she was owned by Ellen L. Harris, Vancouver BC Canada and by William A. Bate (MO), Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1948-1950 she was owned by Ellen Harris (MO), Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1950 she was owned by Gordon G. Campbell (MO), Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1950-1951 she was owned by William I Bate (MO), Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1953-1979 she was owned by Harbour Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
Kapitäne
Captain Ben McDonald (1951);
Umbauten
In 1953 as a recovered wreck she was rebuilt by Matsumoto Shipyard at Dollarton BC to 61.0' x 15.5' x 6.5' 43gt 29rt
Remotisierung
Repowered in 1946 with a 100hp diesel engine by Cummins Engine Co.; Repowered in 1953 with a 225bhp diesel engine by the Murphy Diesel Co.
Referenzen
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993)
- Rogers, Fred (1992)
- Canada List of Shipping
- List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document)
- heritage.canadiana.ca ↗
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 07/03/2025)
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 07/03/2025)
