Biographical Data
Bridgman, Edward Charles Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Captain (MM)
Official Number

 

Birth	00/00/1846	Death	16/09/1904
Place	Bury St. Edmunds	Place	Vancouver
Area	Suffolk	Area	BC
Country	UK	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
He sailed deep sea until 1882 when he began steamboating in Puget Sound. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner #31374.) He was Master of the tug Albion. He was the Master of the Mermaid for the Northern Shipping Co. in 1884. He was Master of the Mamie. (He was qualified as a British Columbia Marine Pilot 13/03/1901.). In 1901 he served in the Port of Vancouver and Fraser River.

 

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Anecdotes
He died in the Captain's cabin of the British ship Falklandbank moving from Seattle to the Evan's Coleman & Evans dock.

 

References
Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast;
Last update
2019-03-09 00:00:00

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