Geschichte
This barkentine (4-masted) was built in 1901 by Wm. Hamilton & Co. Ltd. in Port Glasgow, Scotland.
Historische Notizen
In January, 1922, the four-masted bark Orotava (ex Comet of the Anglo -American Oil Co. of London), was given a minimum refit and dispatched from Bellingham as James Dollar under command of Capt. Fred Nelson with lumber for Yokohama. On November 01, 1962 this vessel was beached as part of the breakwater in Royston BC Canada.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1901 she was owned by Standard Oil Co. as a case oil carrier operated by the Anglo-American Oil Co., London UK.
In 1912 she was owned by Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd. London UK.
In 1913 she was owned by Reederei A.G. 1896, Hamburg Germany.
In 1914 she arrived at Santa Roslaia Mexico where she was interned as an enemy belligerant.
In 1920 she was awarded to France as a war reparation.
In 1921 she was owned by the robert Dollar Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1930 she was owned by Canadian Robert Dollar Co. Vancouver BC sailing from Bellingham WA USA.
In 1922 she carried lumber for Yokohama. On her return in ballast she was laid up on Lake Union.
In 1934-1936 she was owned by Pacific (Coyle) Navigation Co., Vancouver BC Canada.
She was hulked as a barge.
In 1936-1943 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Victoria BC Canada.
In 1943 she was owned by Preston-Mann Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1943-1954 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Victoria BC Canada.
In 1947 she was converted to a a log carrier with three loading derricks.
In 1954 she was owned by Badwater Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1955-1962 she was owned by Canadian Tugboat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
Kapitäne
Captain W.J. Davies (1901); Captain Friedrich Dreier (1913); Captain Fred Nelson (1922);
Remotisierung
In 1930 her engines were removed.
Referenzen
- Canada List of Shipping
- Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 13 (1930)
- Heal, S.C. (2002)
- Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection
- Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1921-1922, H.W. McCurdy Maritime History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 321
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 03/02/2025)
