Geschichte
This yacht, power-cruiser was built in 1893 by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, CA.
Historische Notizen
Her original sponsor at launching was Helen Hopkins (daughter of Edward W. Hopkins) 1893. This vessel was laid up for a number of years in Lake Washington USA. Trudy Kalke purchased the vessel in Seattle WA USA. This vessel had a crew of ten and accomodations for 22. This vessel died in 2005 in Alberta.
In 2020 this vessel was listed by the US Coast Guard as being still afloat, laid up in Washington State.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1893 she was owned by Edward W. Hopkins (a nephew of Mark Hopkins), San Francisco WA USA.
In 1906 she was owned by Chester Thorne (a banker), Tacoma WA.
In 1911 he lost the boat in a craps game to Sidney A. (Sam) Perkins (Newspaper publisher).
In 1942 she was owned by the United States Navy.
In 1947 she was returned to Sam A. Perkins, Tacoma WA. Perkins died (aged 90) in 1955.
In 1955 she was owned by Puget Sound Excursion Lines (J.S. Devening).
She was laid up for 15 years.
In 1968 the company was purchased by Northwest Steamship Co.
She was owned by Arthur B. Church, Bellevue WA.
In 1999-2010 she was owned by Alvina M. (Trudy) Kalke, West Vancouver BC Canada. (Canadian Register closed 2010-01-21).
In 2010-2020 she was owned by USA interests.
Kapitäne
Captain Baxter (1895-1898); Captain Walter Childs (1901)
Umbauten
She was rebuilt in 1928 to 102gt 73nt 111.5' x 17.8' x 8.6'
Remotisierung
Repowered with a 2-225bhp diesel engines (2004c)
Referenzen
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1910)
- Canada List of Shipping
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1935)
- en.wikipedia.org ↗
- cgmix.uscg.mil ↗ (website viewed 15/03/2024)
