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Amy Turner

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Geschichte

This bark (3-masted) was built in 1877 in Boston, MA.

Historische Notizen

This vessel returned to sail in 1916, being refitted as a barkentine for World War I service under British ownership. The following year this vessel caught fire and sank in Wellington harbor, but was raised and by 1918 was back at sea under her old rig as a bark.

In 1923, again under barkentine rig, this vessel was sunk in a hurricane while on a voyage, coal laden, from Newcastle to Manila. Only one boat, with four men, escaped from the wreckage, making a 23-day voyage of incredible hardship and landing safely in the Philippines, nearly 1,500 miles from the scene of the Amy Turner's sinking.

Eigentümer & Kapitäne

She was owned by the Welch Co., San Francisco CA.

In 1906-1908 she was owned by Captain William Matson, San Francisco CA USA.

In 1910 she was owned by Ocean Barge & Tug. Co., San Francisco CA USA.

In 1914 she was owned by Granby Consolidated Mining Smelting & Power Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

In 1919 she was owned by the Amy Turner Shipping Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada.

Kapitäne

Captain Chas. A. Johnson;

Umbauten

She returned to sail in 1916, being refitted as a barkentine for World War I service. She was later reduced to a barge.

Referenzen

  • Canada List of Shipping
  • Merchant Vessels of the United States (1910)
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