Ship Details

S.F. Tolmie

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Registry #1 141617 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1921 S.F. Tolmie Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1921 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 235.8' x 45.2' x 19.9'
Builder Cholberg Shipyard Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 1612
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Barkentine (3-masted)
Registered Tonnage 1612 Type 2 Barge, log
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Sail
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain James C. Stewart (1921-1927);
 
Owner(s)
In 1921 she was owned by Victoria (BC) Ship Owners Ltd., Victoria BC (company went bankrupt). In 1921 she was owned by Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd. In 1923 she was owned by British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Co. Ltd. (Hastings Mill). She was laid up at the Great Northern Dock, New Westminster BC. In 1926-1927 she was owned by The Ship S.F. Tolmie Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1928 she was converted to floating herring saltery by Nelson Brothers. She was laid up in Annacis Slough. In 1930-1931 she was owned by The Gulf Islands Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1932 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC. She was converted to a log barge by Gibson Brothers.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1944-12-27
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1921-1923 this vesseloperated on voyages to the Orient and Australia. On December 27, 1944 this vesselbroke loose from her moorings at Ogden Point and was wrecked on Macaulay Point.
 
References
Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927; Gibbs, Jim A. (1968); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Times Colonist (Victoria BC) Thursday December 28, 1944 page 2;
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