Ship Details

Algie

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Photo Credit: Fishermen Publishing Society onlineBC archive BC_1532_428_1

 
 
Registry #1 153350 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1929 Algie Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1929 Place Shelbourne Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 105.7' x 19.8' x 11.1'
Builder Shelburne Shipbuilders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 150.72 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage 98.94 Type 2
Engine 2–275bhp diesel engines (1929) Engine Manufacture Winton Engine Corp., Cleveland, OH
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Joe Keagan;
 
Owner(s)
In 1929 she was owned by Yarmouth Shipping Co., Ltd., Yarmouth, NS. In 1934 she was transferred to Bridgetown, Barbadoes, B.W.I. In 1935 she was owned by Captain Paul Armour Salvage & Towing, Prince Rupert BC. In 1937 she was owned by William P. Armour, Prince Rupert BC. In 1938-1945 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1942-10-15
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel is said to have been engaged in rum running 1929-1934. This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. this vessel was mobilized as a Fishermen’s Reserve vessel from 18 Sep 1939 to 21 Nov 1939. On October 15, 1942 this vesselran aground on a sandbar at the mouth of the Fraser River. this vessel was refloated on the high tide after half her cargo of salmon was unloaded into scows. On January 19, 1943 this vessel was rammed by the fishpacker Koprino, five miles from the Ballenas Islands with Captain Backwell in command. At first they thought it was a glancing blow but this vesselbegan to fill with water. The Koprino took on the crew and the Algie sank.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Miles, Fraser (1992); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/02/2019); RG12 Reel T-11842 (1943) ( Algie) RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization Volume 1 ; Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo BC) Friday October 16, 1942 page 4;
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