Historia
This bark (4-masted) was built in 1887 by J. Reid & Co. Ltd. in Port Glasgow, Scotland.
Notas históricas
Lars Bruzelius states "On August 26 1889 this vessel caught fire and burnt at McNeir's Warf at Port Costa, San Francisco The fire had broken out in a warehouse and spread to the Kenilworth and two wooden ships which drifted into the river and burned to the water's edge. The Kenilworth survived without serious damaged after having been beached full of water from the Mare Island fireboat. Abandoned to the underwriters as a constructional loss." On November 13, 1942 this vessel was sunk by surface gunfire by U-159 with the loss of one person.
Propietarios y capitanes
In 1887-1889 she was owned by Waverley Line (Williamson & Milligam), Liverpool UK.
In 1889 she was owned by A. Sewall, & Co., New York NY.
In 1908-1927 she was owned by Alaska Packers Association, San Francisco CA USA. (In 1917-1919 she was owned by the United Staes Shipping Board, Washington DC and then returned to her owners).
In 1930 she was owned by Arnold Pearce & Lew Lockhart, Los Angeles CA USA.
In 1938 she was owned by A.C. Stralla, Los Angeles CA and used as a gambling barge off Santa Monica CA.
In 1941 she was owned by Frank A. Hellenthal, Santa Monica, CA.
Capitanes
Captain F. McNair (1887); Captain W. Taylor (1898-1906); Captain J.A. Amesbury (1906); Captain T.A. Thomsen (1926-1927);
Reconstrucciones
In 1941 she was re-rigged as a six-masted schooner.
Referencias
- Lloyd's Register Vo. 1 1926-1927
- www.bruzelius.info ↗
- California State Lands Commission Shipwreck Information www.slc.ca.gov ↗ (website viewed 06/06/2022)
