Ship Details

Alexander (II)

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Photo Credit: BC Provincial Archives a-04613_141

 
 
Registry #1 072671 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1875 Alexander (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1875 Place Port Essington Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 170.0' x 27.2' x 12.5'
Builder McAllister, John and his brother Angus McAllister Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 332 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 191 Type 2 Barge
Engine steam engine (1875) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Sidewheeler
Rebuilds In 1890 she was rebuilt as a sailing ship. In 1903 she was rebuilt as a barge. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain George Rudlin; Captain Morrison; Captain Marchant; Captain J.D. Warren; Captain Donald Urquhart; Captain James P. Bendrodt; Captain James Albert Christensen; Captain James E. Butler;
 
Owner(s)
In 1875-1880 she was owned by the McAllister Brothers (John and Angus) and used for towing at Cape Flattery. In 1880-1885 she was owned by Robert Dunsmuir and W. Diggle, Nanaimo BC. In 1885-1887 she was owned by Robert Dunsmuir, Nanaimo BC. In 1887 she was owned by Joan O. Dunsmuir, Victoria BC. In 1890 she was sold to T.P.W. Whitelaw, San Francisco CA and converted to a whaler. In 1895-1898 she was owned by Joan O. Dunsmuir, Victoria BC. (Reported as "Sold to foreign owners (San Francisco) June 30, 1900" by the Registrar of Shipping) In 1902-1913 she was owned by Pacific Towing & Lighterage, Vancouver BC (as a barge).
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1913-07-11
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was nicknamed as McAllister's Folly. Her machinery was installed in Victoria after being towed there. this vessel was built close to high quality low-cost timber. As a barge this vesselreceived the remains from the wreck of the collier Brotchie from Brotchie ledge. Later this vessel was used to haul logs from Sooke BC to Victoria BC. On July 11, 1913 this vessel was beached and abandoned in Saanich Arm, British Columbia.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping (1898); Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1967); Affleck, Edward L. (2000); Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957); Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast; LAC RG12, A1, Vol 414 Shipping Registers Victoria BC; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3185/154?r=0&s=5 ;
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