Engineering:Maid of England
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Maid of England was a sailing barquentine built in Gross Coques, Digby County, Nova Scotia in 1919 by Omer Blinn.[1] Maid of England was the last square-rigged cargo vessel built in Maritime provinces of Canada.[2] Maid of England was owned by F.K. Warren (of Halifax, Nova Scotia) for nine years, and then later abandoned at sea in 1928.[2]
Maid of England was built in 1919, but did not appear in Lloyd’s registry until the 1920-21 edition.[3] Her official number was 141573.[3] She had one deck[3] and was made from spruce and pine.[4] She had three masts, one foremast rigged square, one amidships, and one in the aft end of the vessel, which is why she is classified as a barquentine. Maid of England was the last of the few Canadian commercial vessels to carry a square rig.[5] Maid of England had an initial gross weight of 751 tonnes, with an acceptable weight range of 563-696 tonnes.[3] However, these specifics had changed to a gross weight of 690 tonnes and an acceptable weight range of 543 – 583 tonnes, in Lloyd’s registry in 1923-24.[6] She was 174.7’ long, had a 37.6’ breadth and was 15.2’ deep.[3]
As the Age of Sail had nearly drawn to a close when Maid of England was built, the building crew was composed of elderly and skilled shipwrights.[2] The half model of Maid of England used was cut by W.R. Huntley (a Parrsboro shipbuilder).[2] The model was later used as a representation for the construction of the "Cumberland Queen," later build by Robinson and Pugsley at Diligent River in 1919.[2]
F. K. Warren had owned a number of ships and had established a marine shipping company in 1896, which is referred to as F. K. Warren LTD, and is still in operation today[when?] in Halifax Nova Scotia.[7] Among his ever-growing fleet, Warren also owned Earle V. S.,[3] Martha Parsons,[3] Emily Anderson (abandoned at sea in 1919),[8] and Maid of Scotland, which was sunk in a collision.[9] The unfortunate fate of previous ships owned by F. K. Warren make the fate of Maid of England that much more intriguing.[clarification needed]
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- ↑ American Bureau of Shipping., 1921, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
- ↑ "Sailing Ship Rigs Nova Scotia Museum". http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mmanew/en/home/researcheducation/sailingshiprigs.aspx. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ Lloyd’s Registry 1923-24, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
- ↑ Peters, Tom. "Cruise the East Coast". Cruise North America Magazine. http://cruisenorthamerica.ca/portals/0/upload/Pdf/2007_main_pt2.pdf. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ Parker, John P.. Sails of the maritimes: the story of the three- and four-masted cargo schooners of Atlantic Canada, 1859-1929.. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1976. 109.
- ↑ Parker, John P.. Sails of the maritimes: the story of the three- and four-masted cargo schooners of Atlantic Canada, 1859-1929.. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1976. 162.
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