Ship Details
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Registry #1	088265 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1883	Lyra (IV)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1883	Place	Cambridge (Queens Co.)	Area	NB	Country	Canada

 

Designer		Measurement (imp)
Builder	Wilson, George B.	Measurement (metric)
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	102.69	Type 1	Schooner, two-masted (standing bowsprit)
Registered Tonnage	99.16	Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture
Repower		Propulsion
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1912 she was owned by Robert Newcombe, Parrsboro NS Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On August 3, 1905 this vessel was wrecked on the southeast end of Starbird Island ME USA. Register closed August 3, 1905. Broken up. Registry closed July 13, 1915.

 

References
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5518371&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20Lyra&ecopy=e011446308_238 (website viewed 01/01/2026); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5515107&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20Lyra&ecopy=e011446304_182 (website viewed 01/01/2026);
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