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Zillah May

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Historia

This schooner, two-masted was built in 1896 in Ballard, WA.

Notas históricas

This vessel entered the sealing fishery in 1896-1898.

In 1907 this vessel was a sealing schooner based at Victoria BC Canada. On April 1, 1921 this vessel stranded on the SE point of Strait Island Alaska USA.

Propietarios y capitanes

In 1903 she was owned by Victoria Sealing Co., Victoria BC Canada.

She was owned by the Chris Enderson Co. of Aberdeen WA and converted to the gas fishing schooner Bessie E.

In 1905-1931 she was owned by Sprott Balcom, Victoria BC Canada.

Capitanes

Captain William Munro (1897); Captain Balcom (1898); Captain Dodd (1907);

Remotorización

Repowered with a gas engine.

Referencias

  • The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest
  • Goudie, Ed & R.E. Johns (1986)
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