Ship Details
Blue (III) Photo Credit: MMBC Collection

 

Registry #1	131357 (UK)	Registry #2	(Canada)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1910	Blue (III)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1910	Place	Christiana	Area		Country	Norway

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	91.8' x 18' x 11.2'
Builder	Akers Mek.Vaerks, Christiana Norway	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	102	Type 1	Whale catcher
Registered Tonnage	37	Type 2
Engine	46rhp Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine	Engine Manufacture	Akers Mek. Vaerks, Christiana Norway
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1921-1947 she was owned by Consolidated Whaling Corporation Ltd. In 1947 registered at Liverpool UK. In 1947 she was purchased by Morris L. Greene, Victoria BC for scrappng.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1947-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1947 this vessel was purchased at auction by Capital Iron & Metals Ltd., Victoria BC for $285 and later dismantled for scrap.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; MacFarlane, John M. (1990) Capital Iron: Scrap dealers in Lotusland. In Resolution (Newletter of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia); Sooke Region Museum (1989); Webb, Robert Lloyd (1988);
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