Ship Details
Speedway Photo Credit: Mark Ward

 

Registry #1	138449 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1917	Speedway	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1917	Place	Little Brook	Area	NS	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	155' x 35.3' x 17.2'
Builder	(nk)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	613	Type 1	Schooner, three-masted
Registered Tonnage	514	Type 2
Engine	2-330hp auxilliary twin screw engines	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain R. Sinclair (1925)

 

Owner(s)
In 1924-1925 she was owned by John Murray Bowman, Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1925-01-24

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was reported to have operated in the rum running trade. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). On January 24, 1925 this vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire in the Strait of Juan de Fuca (all crew saved).

 

References
Nicholson, George (1962); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Miles, Fraser (1992); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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