Ship Details

Old Maid II

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Registry #1 153013 (Canada) Registry #2 091507 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1882 Maid of Orleans Name 6
Name 2 1924 Old Maid II Name 7
Name 3 1934 Maid of Orleans Name 8
Name 4 1936 Joan G. Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1882 Place San Francisco Area CA Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 110.2' x 29.8' x 9.0'
Builder Dickie Brothers Shipyard Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 209 Type 1 Schooner, two-masted
Registered Tonnage 107 Type 2 Barge, cargo
Engine 6.5hp engine (1882); Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered in 1924 with a 29nhp engine by Atlas Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA. Repowered with a 320bhp engine (1949c); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was rebuilt for Arctic trading. In 1961 she was a non-powered barge 182.88 gt/rt 171nt. Call Sign JWQC
Pendant  # Masters Captain J.E. Shields (1924); Christian J. Klengenberg (1924); Captain W.H. Gillen (1929-1930); Captain R. Sinclair (1931-1933); Captain Frederick Coe (1936);
 
Owner(s)
In 1882 she operated as a 'blackbirder' in the Solomon Islands. In 1884 she was owned by San Francisco CA USA interests. In 1924 she was owned by Pacific Coast Codfishing Co. In 1924-1928 she was owned by Christian J. Klengenberg, Rymer Point NT. In 1928-1930 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK. In 1931-1933 she was owned by Coast Shipping Co., Vancouver BC. In 1934-1935 she was owned by Albert Rontai, Seattle WA. In 1936-1937 she was owned by William C. Gibson, Vancouver BC. In 1949-1954 she was owned by the Tahsis Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1954-1965 she was owned by The Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1965-1971 she was owned by Robert M. Savage, Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1971-01-22
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Maid of Orleans is a reference to Joan of Arc. Joan G. named for Joan Gibson, wife of Gordon Gibson.
 
Anecdotes
In 1931-1933 this vessel was used for rum-running (managed by Captain C.H. Hudson) from the Evans, Coleman & Evans dock in Vancouver BC. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). In 1934 this vesselran aground on Sarah Island. In 1954 Captain Bill Dolmage converted her to a barge. In 1966 this vessel sank in Cockatrice Bay, Broughton Island BC during a heavy snowfall. Her hull was used as a shake bolt barge until wrecked off Kingcome Inlet.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Gibson, Gordon with Carol Renison (1980); Miles, Fraser (1992); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11930/556?r=0&s=4 ; Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927; https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/ships_histories/pdf/old-maid-ii.pdf ; Merchant Vessels of the United States (1935); https://archive.org/details/LymanSailingVesselsPacificCoastBuilders18501905/page/n31/mode/1up; Merchant Vessels of the United States (1884);
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