Historia
This ship-rigged was built in 1894 by Wm. Hamilton & Co. Ltd. in Port Glasgow, Scotland.
Notas históricas
In 1896-1909 this vessel carried bulk cargo trade (coal, coke, wheat, lumber, nitrates, and other cargoes to ports around the world.
In 1910-1914 this vessel was in the bulk freight trade between Europe and the Pacific coasts of North and South America carrying coal, coke and fuels outbound, nitrates, copper, grain home bound.
In 1914-1920 this vessel was interned in Santa Rosalia, Mexico as this vessel was owned by a belligerent nation in the First World War. In November 1961 this vessel ended her life in the breakwater at Royston BC Canada.
Propietarios y capitanes
In 1894 she was owned by R.W. Leyland & Company, Liverpool UK.
In 1896 she was owned by R. W. Leyland & Co.
She was sold In 1909 she was owned by Schluyter & Mack of Hamburg, renamed as the Harvestehude.
She was first operated from the Pacific Coast operating under the managment of Eschen & Minor, San Francisco CA but registered in Victoria BC Canada.
In 1920 she was owned by to Robert Dollar Co.
She was towed to San Francisco in 1922 and was laid up.
In 1924 she was owned by Coastwise Steamship & Barge Co. (Captain Griffiths) and towed to Puget Sound.
In 1929 she was converted to a barge, renamed as the Riversdale, registered in Vancouver, BC as a bulk carrier on BC coast, coal and copper concentrates.
In 1935 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Co., Victoria BC and placed in operation between Vancouver Island and the pulp mill at Port Angeles WA USA.
In 1958-1961 she was owned by Canadian Tugboat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
Reconstrucciones
She was rebuilt as a log barge 277.8' x 41.84' x 14.4'
Referencias
- Newell, Gordon (Ed.) (1966)
- Canada List of Shipping
- nauticalarch.org ↗
- Rick James (2004)
