NASCOPIE - 1912

NASCOPIE - 1912

Postby northeast » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:45 am

A splendid little passenger/cargo steamer which was Alan Fairley's first ship way back in 1946.
NASCOPIE1912.jpg

1912, 1870grt
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune yard (870)
for Nascopie S.S. Co. (Job Bros.), St.John's, Newfoundland
Owning company sold in 1916 to the Hudson's Bay Company
1912/1930 Supply vessel to Eastern Arctic; Newfoundland seal fishery
1931/32 Laid up
1933/47 Last voyage from UK in 1933 thereafter wintered in Montreal and
served as supply vessel & Eastern Arctic Patrol vessel
22/7/1947 Wrecked on uncharted reef at entrance to Cape Dorset Harbour, Baffinland
while on a voyage from Montreal to Hudson's Bay
northeast
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Re: NASCOPIE - 1912

Postby Whickham » Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:16 am

For another photo and a bit more detail, see:
http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/N-Ships ... e1912.html
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