Ship Details

Washington (I)

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Photo Credit: City of Victoria Archives PR-0101-M08125

 
 
Registry #1 (Norwegian Registry) Registry #2 (Finland Registry) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1919 Washington (I) Name 6
Name 2 1923 Cyntia Name 7
Name 3 1923 Valborg Name 8
Name 4 1947 Margareta Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1919 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 197.5' x 40.0' x 16.5'
Builder Cholberg Shipyard Measurement (metric) 64.2m x 12.2m x 5.0m
Hull Wood Displacement 976
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Schooner, five-masted
Registered Tonnage 1000 Type 2
Engine diesel engine (1933) Engine Manufacture Scandia-Vabis A/B, Sodertalje Sweden
Repower Propulsion Sail/screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain F.E. Matthews (1926-1927);
 
Owner(s)
In 1919 she was owned by A/S Wood, Porsgrund Norway. In 1923 she was owned by Hanon and Holm, Porsgrund Norway. In 1926-1927 she was owned by Varvs-och Rederi A/B Viking (K.A. Hoglund mgr), Mariehamn Finland. In 1933 she was owned by Gustaf Eriksen, Mariehamn Sweden. She was owned by Edgar Eriksen, Mariehamn Sweden. In 1936 she was owned by Finnish owners. In 1945 she was owned by Finnish owners. In 1947-1950 she was owned by C.J.S. Mattsson, Turku Finland.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1950-01-29
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1939 this vessel was afloat in Finland as the Valborg. Kyle Stubbs (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 20/09/2019) stated that "Valborg was renamed Margareta in 1947, still under the Finnish flag. On January 29, 1950, this vessel collided with a floating object and sank in the Baltic Sea near Sassnitz, Germany while hauling coal on a voyage from Poland to Denmark."
 
References
Gibbs, Jim A. (1968); Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927; https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164921&fbclid=IwAR2OI_-fztPYBLOGA9agTNI35obZKklLuLSGyOW_2NDey3pNblrpArirSgo ;
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