物語
This freighter was built in 1949 by John Etherington Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Shelburne, NS.
歴史的注記
In 1949 she made her maiden voyage from Nova Scotia through Panama Canal to British Columbia, then around Alaska to Tuktoyaktuk to serve out of 'Tuktuk' as a supply vessel.
She was later she was owned by Bay Steamship Co. Ltd., London UK. This vessel got crushed in the ice in Bernard Harbour NT near Coppermine NT on the inside of the sandspit.
In 1987 Captain Sven Johansson stated that this vessel was on the beach there and that you could see her in the water. On the shore there were bits and pieces of the last cargo, the remains of small consumer radios which this vessel was carrying in her hold. Milton Watts states (Email 17/08/2017) that "HBCo supply vessel Ft. Hearne. Launched in Shelburne NS 1949. Sailed through Panama Canal, around Alaska to her home port at Tuktoyaktuk NWT. Used to supply HBCo and other establishment in the Western Arctic. Length 149 ft. Breadth 30 ft. Depth 16.6 ft. Registered tonnage 387. Holed in heavy ice July 18 1961 and towed into Bernard Harbour by the CCG Camsell and abandoned there and still visible at 68.46.51.45N 114.47.38.53W"
所有者と船長
In 1949-1958 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK.
船長
Captain J. W. Smith (1949); Captain R. J. Summers (1949); Captain L. H. Adey (1949-1955); Captain C. F. Jardine (1956-1958); Captain L. H. Adey (1959-1961);
命名された地物
Fort Hearne Point (Latitude 70.09'N, Longitude 124.32'W) named after her.
参考文献
- Canada List of Shipping
- Personal Communication (Sven Johansson - John MacFarlane, Victoria BC)
- Email Communication (Milton Watts - Nauticapedia 17/08/2017)
- www.gov.mb.ca ↗
