Ship Details
Queen City (II) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	121980 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1883	Queen City (II)	Name 6
Name 2	1906	Queen (V)	Name 7
Name 3	1919	Red Fir (II)	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1883	Place	Seattle	Area	WT	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	69.9' x 16.8' x 7.3'
Builder	(nk)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	73	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	41.46	Type 2
Engine	16.66nhp engine (1883)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1883 she was owned by Captain Scotland, Seattle WA USA. In 1887 she was owned by Stetson & Post and Captain Russell, Seattle WA USA. In 1905 she was owned by Greer Coyle, Vancouver BC. In 1906 she was owned by J.H. Green, Victoria BC. In 1910 she was owned by Queen City Trading & Transportation Co. Ltd., Victoria BC. In 1916 she was owned by Captain Lincoln Rogers, Vancouver Dredging & Salvage Co., Vancouver BC. In 1919-1928 she was owned by Charles Bruce, Victoria BC (and he sold a half interest to John Isbester, Victoria BC).

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1928-04-11

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1899 this vesselbrought the survivors of the wrecked Peruvian bark Libertad to Victoria BC. Charles Bruce was the Chief Engineer - and he sold a half interest to John Isbester, Victoria BC. On April 11, 1928 this vessel sank after striking a rock, while both owners were aboard, at Cracroft Island, Lewis Channel BC.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 2; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Marc, Jacques. (1999) Historic Shipwrecks of Northeastern Vancouver Island UASBC;
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