Ship Details
Lady Cynthia Photo Credit: John Henderson

 

Registry #1	152899 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1919	Barnstaple (H.M.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1925	Lady Cynthia	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1919	Place	Ardrossan	Area	Scotland	Country	UK

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	219.3' x 28.65' x 15.5'
Builder	Ardrossan Steam Boat & Dry Dock Co. Ltd.,	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	950	Type 1	Minesweeper
Registered Tonnage		Type 2	Passenger vessel
Engine	2 sets 3-cylinder Triple expansion engines, surface condensing	Engine Manufacture	Ross & Duncan Ltd., Glasgow Scotland UK
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1925 reonstructed by Coaster Construction Co. Ltd. Montrose Scotland.	Call Sign	KSRW / CYGR
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1927 she was owned by Union Steamships Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1940 she was reconstructed and she was owned by Union Steamships Ltd. Vancouver BC. In 1951 she was sold to Coast Ferries.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1957-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

On December 20th, 1925 this passenger/freight vessel owned by Union Steamships Ltd., Vancouver BC sank in 50 fathoms of water after a collision in the fog with the Lady Cynthia at Roberts Creek. No lives were lost, 14 passengers and the crew of 21 on the Cowichan were quickly transferred to the Lady Cynthia. On October 3, 1950 this vessel collided with the A.L. Bryant halfway between Finnisterre Island and Whytecliff Point, Queen Charlotte Channel, Howe Sound BC. In 1957 this vessel was broken up in Seattle WA.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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