Histoire
This schooner, two-masted was built in 1890 by Turner, Matthew in Benicia, CA.
Notes historiques
In 1927-1928 this vessel operated as a rum runner. On September 1, 1928 this vessel sailed to California under Captain Joe Keegan and Mate Harry Slattery and Engineer C.E. Smith. This vessel was run down and sunk by an unknown vessel 100 miles west of San Diego California at night on September 23, 1928. (Miles, Fraser (1992)).
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1890 she was in US registry.
In 1905 she was owned by Herbert G. Wilson, Victoria BC Canada.
In 1913 she was owned by John A. Bechtel, Victoria BC Canada and Captain George Heater, Victoria BC Canada.
In 1913-1921 she was owned by Victoria Fishing Co Ltd., Victoria BC Canada.
In 1914 this vessel was chartered as a Canadian Naval Auxiliary Vessel, a Tender to HMCS Shearwater II.
In 1922-1924 she was owned by Charles Campbell, Victoria BC Canada.
In 1924-1925 she was owned by Archibald McGillis, Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1925-1928 she was owned by Arctic Fur Traders Exchange Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
Capitaines
Captain Joe Keegan (1928);
Remotorisation
In 1913 she was powered with a 110bhp gasoline engine by Standard Gas Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA.
Références
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993)
- Canada List of Shipping
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
- Miles, Fraser (1992)
- List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document)
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 01/04/2025)
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 01/04/2025)
