Ship Details
Algie 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 Canada. 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 Canada. In 1937 she was owned by William P. Armour, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1938-1945 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

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;
Last update
2020-06-04 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane (2020);
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2020);

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