Historia
This schooner, three-masted (auxiliary) was built in 1881 by Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co. in Port Blakely, WT.
Notas históricas
On May 02, 1916 this vessel was captured off Cape Corrientes California by H.M.C.S. Rainbow. This vessel was under charter to German interests in Mexico. This vessel had taken part in the coaling of the German raider Leipzig in the Gulf of California. It was reasoned that this vessel was actually a German ship whose neutral register was a disguise for activities which were in the interest of the enemy. This vessel had to be towed for a majority of the voyage home. In February 1925 this vessel was captured by the U.S. Coast Guard in southern California waters. This vessel was towed to San Francisco and sold at auction to Los Angeles CA owners. This vessel went into several years of lay-up, converted to a bark rig and appeared in several motion pictures including Slave Ship and South of Pago Pago. At the start of the Second World War this vessel was re-rigged as a schooner and operated in the Mexican lumber trade.
Propietarios y capitanes
In 1881-1910 she was owned by San Francisco CA USA interests.
In 1914 she was owned by F. Jebsen (the notorious German agent).
In 1916 she was owned by Rademacher, Moller and Co., Guayamas Mexico.
In 1919 she was sold at auction in Victoria BC for $3,650 to W.H. Drewitt.
In 1922 she was sold by the Marshall of the Admiralty Court, Victoria BC Canada.
In 1923-1924 she was owned by Archibald MacGillis, Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1924-1928 she was owned by the Canadian-Mexican Shipping Co. (Archie MacGillis), Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1928 she was owned by USA interests.
In 1935 she was owned by Carl C. Guntert, Los Angeles CA USA.
She then became involved in rum running as the Coal Harbour.
Remotorización
In 1919 W.H. Drewitt installed a 115bhp gasoline auxiliary Imperial Gas Engine.
Referencias
- Newell, G. (1977)
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1935)
- archive.org ↗
- Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1884)
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1910)
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 13/02/2025)
