Vessel Profile

Albion (I)

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Story

This bark (3-masted) was built in 1849c.

Historical Notes

In 1849 while under command of Captain William Brotchie this vessel ran aground on Brotchie ledge. Soon afterwards this vessel was seized and confiscated at Dungeness WT while taking out and shipping a cargo of spars without a licence from the US Government. Brotchie made two trips to Knight Inlet for cargoes of ice which he carried to San Francisco.

Owners & Masters

She was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company.

References

Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)

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