Ship Details
Brico Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	156614 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1908	Chicago (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1929	Brico	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1908	Place	Seattle	Area	WA	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	134.9' x 24.0' x 14'
Builder	Moran Bros. Shipyard	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	381.6	Type 1	Schooner, halibut
Registered Tonnage	381.6	Type 2	Barge
Engine	Triple expansion steam engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	In 1913 her engine was removed (Non-powered)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1929 she was converted to a non-powered barge 134.9' x 24' x 14' 341gt 341rt.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Johansen (1914); Captain Bill Crisenthwaite (1930);

 

Owner(s)

In 1908-1912 she was owned by the Chlopeck Fish Co., Seattle WA USA. In 1913-1914 she was owned by Booth & Co., Seattle WA USA as a halibut steamer. In 1914 after her conversion to a cable-laying barge she was used by the United States Army. She was damaged in a stranding. In 1929-1964 she was a steel cable barge owned by the British Columbia Telephone Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1964 she was owned by Capital Iron & Metals Co., Victoria BC Canada. In 1964-1968 she was owned by Joe McLennan (owner of Mac;s Oysters), Fanny Bay BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1913-06-21

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

On May 1, 1913 this vessel was damaged slightly by stranding on Fish Egg Island AK. On June 21, 1913 this vessel was wrecked at Warm Chuck, Prince of Wales Island. Her cargo was a total loss but the hull was salvaged and this vessel was converted to a barge. In 1964 this vessel was pulled ashore next to the old Island Highway at Fanny Bay BC and used as a restaurant and was still in use in 2005. In 2008 Dave Shirlaw reported her as being broken up in situ at Fanny Bay.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 13 (1930);
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