Geschichte
This schooner was built in 1912 by Ballard Marine Railway Co. Inc., Seattle WA.
Historische Notizen
As the Alaska this vessel was owned by USA interests.
In 1914 this vessel was a Canadian Government Ship purchased for the Canadian Arctic Expedition for Vilhjalmur Stefansson. This vessel was employed in an unsuccessful attempt to drift over the North Pole. Instead the polar drift carried them to Siberia. On August 22, 1929 this fishpacker, owned by the Atlantic-Pacific Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC, was completely destroyed by fire off the west coast of Vancouver Island at Sea Bird Rocks BC carrying a cargo of fish. Her crew was Captain Joe Keegan, Harry Slattery (Mate) and H. Lind (Engineer) was rescued. On May 30, 1925 this vessel was seized for receiving alcohol from the Lirio de Agua at Nootka Sound which had previously run alcohol into the USA.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1912 she was owned by USA interests.
In 1914c as the Alaska she was a Canadian Government Ship purchased for the Canadian Arctic Expedition.
In 1923 she was owned by Thomas B. Marshall, Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1923 she was owned by Whifield Cook, Prince Rupert BC Canada.
She was owned by the Central American Shipping Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
She was owned by the Ocean Salvage Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1929 she was owned by the Atlantic-Pacific Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
Kapitäne
Captain Joe Keegan (1929)
Referenzen
- McKinlay, William Laird (1976)
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993)
- Canada List of Shipping
- Palm, R.S. (1978)
- List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document)
- The Province (Vancouver BC) Monday August 26, 1929 page 22
- Times Colonist (Vancouver BC) Tuesday August 27, 1929 page 18
- Times-Colonist (Victoria BC) May 30, 1925 page 12
