Biographical Data
Sabiston, John Flett (Jr.) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Captain (MM)
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Birth	00/00/1853	Death	(nk)
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Country	British Columbia	Country	(nk)

 

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Biography
He was the son of Captain John Flett Sabiston. He was apprenticed in 1869 between Nanaimo and San Francisco and later to Europe. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner.) He was Master of the Wanderer of which he was part owner until 1884. He was licenced as a Marine Pilot in 1883 in the Nanaimo Pilotage District.

 

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Vessels Owned	Wanderer (part owner); D.W. Gordon (Part owner);
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Anecdotes

He was on board the Romulus on 30/03/1893 when she grounded in Porlier Pass . She was holed in te bow and filled with water. After five hours she was flated and moved to Esquimalt BC for repairs.On 29/10/1893 he was the Pilot on board the steamer San Mateo when she was damaged by a coal-gas explosion in Semiahmoo Bay. He was the Pilot on Board the Barracouta when she was damaged by an explosion of coal gas.

 

References
Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967); Wilson, Hill (2005);
Last update
2013-03-04 00:00:00

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