Ship Details
S.F. Tolmie Photo Credit: MMBC Collection

 

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 Canada. In 1926-1927 she was owned by The Ship S.F. Tolmie Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. 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 Canada. In 1932 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. 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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