Ship Details

Crown Zellerbach No. 4

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Registry #1 102629 (Canada) Registry #2 107429 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1893 Blairmore Name 6
Name 2 1896 Abby Palmer Name 7
Name 3 1906 Star of England Name 8
Name 4 1935 Island Star (I) Name 9
Name 5 1957c Crown Zellerbach No. 4 Name 10
 
Year Built 1893 Place Dumbarton Area Scotland Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 264.0' x 39.0' x 23.5'
Builder A. McMillan and Son Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 2123 Type 1 Bark (3-masted)
Registered Tonnage 2123 Type 2 Barge
Engine 105hp engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Engine removed Propulsion Sail/screw
Rebuilds She was converted to a log barge Call Sign KNTH
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1893-1896 she was owned by Thomson Dickie and Co. (More Line). In 1896-1906 she was owned by Robert Sudden, San Francisco CA USA under US Registry as a repaired wreck. In 1906-1927 she was owned by Alaska Packers Association, San Francisco CA USA. She was laid up in 1928 at Alameda CA. In 1928 she was sold to Ed R. Grieve. She was purchased at auction in 1935 by Island Tug & Barge Co. from the Alaska Packers Association. Converted to a barge she was placed in service between Vancouver Island and a pulp mill in Port Angeles. In 1947-1954 as a non-powered barge she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd., Victoria BC. In 1958-1961 she was owned by Canadian Tugboat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1896-00-00
 
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Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel capsized in San Francisco in 1896 with a loss of six men working in the holds. this vessel was later raised and refitted. In 1903 this vessel was dismasted off Cape Flattery and towed to port by the steamship Vermont. In 1906 this vessel was chartered by the U.S. Shipping Board for service in the Hawaiian sugar trade. This vessel made her last Alaska voyage in 1928. In 1928 this vessel was laid up at Alameda CA USA. In 1928 this vessel was being refitted by Ed Grieve for a round-the-world voyage but he ran short of funds and committed suicide. In 1961 the deteriorated hull was broken up.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Newell, Gordon (Ed.) (1966); Nicholson, George (1962); Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927;
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