Ship Details

Vancouver (II)

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Registry #1 (UK Registry) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1838 Vancouver (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1838 Place Blackwall Area Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 103' x 25.5' x 11'
Builder Green, Wigrams & Green Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 324 Type 1 Bark (3-masted)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Sail
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Alexander Duncan (1838-1843); Captain William Brotchie (1843-1844); Captain Andrew Cook Mott (1844-1848);
 
Owner(s)
In 1848 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, London UK.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1849-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was built of teak. In 1838 this vesselmade a supply voyage to the West Coast of North America. In 1841 this vesselmade a supply voyage to the West Coast. In 1844 this vesselmade a supply voyage to the West Coast. In 1847 this vesselmade a supply voyage to the West Coast. On May 8, 1848 this vessel was wrecked on the middle sands of the Columbia River Bar, without loss of life. The vessel had anchored in the mouth of the river but this vesselstranded in high winds. The crew reached the Fort safely. The vessel was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, and was loaded with agricultural machinery and general stores for the post at Fort Vancouver.
 
References
Longstaff, Major F.V. (1941); Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1967) Lewis and Drydens Marine History p. 24;
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