Magellan - Ship Biographies

Abner Coburn

- The 1,972-ton wooden ship Abner Coburn, built by William Rogers at Bath, Maine in 1882, was acquired from California Shipping Co. by Libby, McNeil & Libby, making annual voyages to Bristol Bay for the next 11 years. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1912, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest.,p. 201-202.

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Amy Turner

(Bark) - William L. Worden. Cargoes, Matson First Century, William L. Cargoes. Matson's first century in the Pacific, p. 35, 162.

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Amy Turner

(Bark) - The trend toward the conversion of the dwindling fleet of American wooden ships and barks to towed barges continued. The barks Amy Turner and Gerard C. Tobey were purchased from Capt. Matson of San Francisco by the Ocean Barge & Tug Co., a newly organized firm headed by Capt. Woodside, who had been connected with the Tillamook Navigation Co. for many years. Capt. Matson had taken them over in 1908 along with the other three Downeasters of the Welch Co. fleet of San Francisco. The new company also purchased the Hecla from Henry Nelson, the three former sailing ships to be used as coastwise lumber barges in tow of the steam schooner Lucy Neff, which was placed on a busy schedule handling all three, with one loading, one at sea, and one discharging. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1910, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 175.

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Amy Turner

(Barkentine) - The Amy Turner, of 900 tons, built at East Boston in 1877 returned to sail in 1916, being refitted a barkentine for World War I service under British ownership. The following year she caught fire and sank in Wellington harbor, but was raised and by 1918 was back at sea under her old rig as a bark. In 1923, again under barkentine rig, she was sunk in a hurricane while on a voyage, coal laden, from Newcastle to Manila. Only one boat, with four men, escaped from the wreckage, making a 23-day voyage of incredible hardship and landing safely in the Philippines, nearly 1,500 miles from the scene of the Amy Turner's sinking. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1910, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 175.

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Burnside (cableship)

The old cableship Burnside, a fixture on the North PacTic since 1900, was junked at Oakland, Calif. by the General Metals Co. of that city. Gordon Newell,Maritime Events of 1924, H.W. McCurdy, Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle : Superior Publishing Company, 1966 p. 357.

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Burnside (steamer)

The Ferris -type steamer Burnside, built by the Coos Bay Shipbuilding Co. in 1919, burned off Lands End, England on October 18, 1920. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1919-1920, H.W. McCurdy. Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. p. 312.

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Burnside (transport)

The Army transport Burnside, an iron steamer built at Newcastle in 1882 as the British Yeoman, and as the Spanish Rita captured during the Spanish-American War, was converted to a cable-laying ship by the government and stationed on Puget Sound. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1899, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior, 1966, p. 57.

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F. A. Kilburn (steam Schooner)

The passenger-carrying steam schooner F. A. Kilburn, a 997 ton wooden vessel with 1,000 horse power (Fulton) triple-expansion engine built by Bendixsen at Fairhaven, Calif. in 1904, was sold by the Maritime Investment Co. of San Francisco to the North Pacific Steamship Co. for Portland- San Francisco service, this company also acquiring the 484-ton steam schooner Eureka, also fitted for the passenger and general cargo trade, built by William Muller at Wilmington, Calif. in 1900. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1912, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 202.

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F.a. Kilburn (steamer)

Wooden steamer; 2 decks, 2 masts; 997 tons; 201.2 x 29.7 x 20 feet; 23 crew; passenger and freight. Built in 1904 at Fairhaven, California. Operated prior to 1918 by North Pacific Steamship Company on Portland to California route. Sold to Mexican Fruit and Steamship Company, 1918. Burned off American Shoals Light, Florida, June 14, 1918. Giles T. Brown, Principal Vessels in the Pacific Coastwise Trade, Ships that sail no more , Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1966 p. 243-257

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Furnessia

The "Furnessia" of 1895 was built in 1880 by the Barrow Shipbuilding Co, Barrow for the Barrow Steamship Co. She was a 5,495 gross ton vessel, length 445.1ft x beam 44.8ft, two funnels, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 242-1st, 136-2nd and 981-3rd class passengers. Launched on 19/10/1880, she left Glasgow on her maiden voyage to Moville(Ireland) and New York on 17/2/1881. She commenced her last voyage on this service on 5/4/1883 (21 round voyages) and on 9/5/1883 was transferred to the Liverp[ool - Queenstown(Cobh) - New York run. She made 6 round voyages on this service, the last one commencing 1/11/1883 and on 7/12/1883 resumed the Glasgow - Moville - New York service. In 1891 she was fitted with triple expansion engines and her funnels reduced to one. On 17/11/1893 she was transferred from Barrow Steamship Co. to Anchor Line and in 1909 her accommodation was modified to 1st and 3rd class only. On 12/8/1911 she sailed from Glasgow on her final voyage to Moville, New York and Glasgow and on 22/11/1911 was scrapped at Barrow.

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Hollyburn (ferry)

The 109 x 21 -foot, 325 -passenger motor ferry Hollyburn with 230 -horsepower Union. diesel, was built by North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd. for the West Vancouver service. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1936, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 446.

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Hollyburn (ferry)

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Hollyburn (ferry, 1936

1945) - Marine Dig., 6/14/1986, p.23-25: Several ferries shuttle fairgoers between Expo sites (Vancouver, B.C.). The restored HOLLYBURN, the flagship of the fleet, transports passengers from downtown site to main fairgrounds on False Creek. (il).

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Kilburn (wooden Steamer)

Two deck, two masted vessel. 997 tons. 201.2 x 29.7 x 20 ftt, 23 crew, passenger and freight. Built in 1904 at Fairhaven, California. Operated prior to 1918 by the North Pacific Steamship Company on the Portland to California run. Sold to the Mexican Fruit and Steamship Company in 1918. Burned off American Shoals Light in Florida on June 14, 1918. Gilbert Brown. Ships that sail no more.

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Lurline Burns (steamer)

The coastal lumber carrier Lurline Burns (the Albina-built former Shipping Board steamship Caddopeak) was taken over by the Navy as the auxiliary U. S. S. Besboro.Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1941, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle :Superior, 1966..

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M. L. Washburn (steamer)

The large stern-wheeler, the M. L. Washburn 284 tons, 120 feet in length, was built at St. Michael for Northern Navigation Co. service, while a small steamer, the Idler, 98 tons, 64 feet long, with 50 -horsepower engines, was built at Fairbanks, being operated in local river service for a number of years by Fred G. Noyes of Fairbanks. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1911, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 191.

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M. Turner (schooner)

The M. Turner a four-masted schooner of 731 tons and 1100 M capacity, was built by Capt. Turner at Benicia, Calif., in 1902. In April, 1910, she was ashore at Kahului, Hawaiian I s 1 a n d s, bound from Iquique to Honolulu, but was floated, not badly damaged, by the U. S. R. C. Thetis. In 1916 Bowes & Andrews sold the schooner to Hind, Rolph & Co. for $47,500, they reselling her just 16 months later to Whitney-Bodden, Mobile, for $107,500. In 1929 she was sold to Florida owners for a barge, and her registry was abandoned in 1934. John Lyman, Pacific Coast Built Sailers,1850-1905, The Marine Digest. June 14, 1941, p. 2

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M. Turner (schooner)

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Marburn

See TUNISIAN.

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Melbourne

Harold Underhill, Masting and Rigging., p. 61.

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Nurnberg

The steamship NURNBERG [NUERNBERG], built by Robert Steele & Co, Greenock (ship #80), for Norddeutscher Lloyd, and launched on 9 September 1873. 3,116 tons; 106,98 x 11,91 meters (length x breadth); straight bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, single-screw propulsion (double-expansion engines), service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 34 passengers in 1st class, 33 in 2nd class, and 600 in steerage; crew of 88 to 114. 17 February 1874, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-Baltimore. 1876, passenger numbers failing to meet expectations, forward saloon converted into a cargo hatch. 11 September 1880, first of 9 roundtrip voyages, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1886, rebuilt at Bremerhaven for the new German Imperial Mail service to the Far East; service speed 13.5 knots. 15 December 1886, first voyage, Bremen-Suez Canal-Far East; brought the first keg of German beer to China. Between 13 July 1887 and 11 June 1891, 8 roundtrip voyages, Bremen-Suez Canal-Australia. 21 January 1892, last voyage, Bremen-Baltimore. 1892-1895, ran in Norddeutscher Lloyd's East Asia Branch Line service between Hong Kong and Japan. September 1895, sold to F. Raben. 1896, scrapped at Vegesack [Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), pp. 70-71 (photograph); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor,North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 549]. Also pictured in Otto J. Seiler,Ostasienfahrt; Linienschiffahrt der Hapag-Lloyd AG im Wandel der Zeiten (Herford: E. S. Mittler, 1988), p. 35. -

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Santa Saturnina (schooner)

Derek Pethick. First approaches to the Northest Coast., p. 215. Extract of Northwest Coast voyage, Henry R. Wagner. Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan De Fuca, p. 200. Commanded by Jose Marie Narvaez, first European to view Point Grey in the Strait of Georgia. 1791. Agnes Rothery. Ports of British Columbia, p. 259. Robert B.Whitebrook. Coastal Exploration of Washington., p. 123. Explored the Gulf of Georgia. North Pacific History Company. History of the Pacific Northwest, I, p. 51.

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Saturn (tug)

Other additions to the Red Stack fleet on Puget Sound and in Alaska were the first of two new 91-foot twin-screw tugs, built at Houston. The Saturn, in charge of Capt. Walt Kuehny, came around from the Gulf Coast with a tandem tow of new 150-series lightering barges and was assigned to the towing of large oil barges. The Spartan, Capt. Gus Peterson, followed, with another new 250-series cargo barge, and was outfitted for service in the Arctic. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1969, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1975, p.62.

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Saturnia (1)

The Saturnia was built in 1910 for the Donaldson Line, and was primarily engaged in the Glasgow-Canada service. In 1921, however, it appears to have made at least one voyage to New York on behalf of the Cunard Line, which was the virtual owner of the Donaldson Line, having since 1912 held the whole of the ordinery share capital of the Anchor Line, which in turn, in 1916, had obtained a controlling interest in the Donaldson Line's passenger steamers.

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Saturnia (2)

The "Saturnia" of 1922 was built by C.Connell & Co, Glasgow in 1910 for the Donaldson Line of Glasgow. She was an 8,611 gross ton ship, length 456.3ft x beam 55.3ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 250-2nd and 950-3rd class passengers. Launched on 29/3/1910, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Glasgow for Quebec and Montreal on 11/6/1910. In Aug.1911, she collided with an iceberg near Belle Isle but completed her homeward voyage. Her last voyage commenced on 12/3/1925 when she left Glasgow for Portland. She was laid up until 1928 when she was sold, and broken up in Italy the following year. There was a later (1927-1940) Italian liner with the same name.

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Uss Rathburne (anti

submarine vessel) - USS Rathburne (DE-1057), first of five 438-foot, 3,800-ton anti-submarine vessels of the Knox class under contract to Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction, launched at the Seattle yard where the second of the series, the Reasoner was under construction. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1969, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1975, p.65.

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Washburn (steamer)

The large stern wheel steamer Washburn was built by the Northern Navigation Company at St. Michael, with the machinery from the two wrecked Koyokuks. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1906, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 118.

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