The schooner Bermuda (1868)
1. General
Port of Picton Registry, Number : 27
| Name: BERMUDA | Type: Schooner |
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| Official Number: 72701 | Tons (Reg.) 160 |
| Tons (gross): 160 | Tons (net): 115 |
| Where Built: Sophiasburg | Port of Registry / Hail: Picton |
| Build Year: 1868 | Value: |
| Builder’s Name & Date of Certification: John Tait, June 30, 1868 | |
| Master’s Name: Wm. Hume | Subscribing Owners: James Hume, sole owner. |
| Length; 96 feet | Breadth; 22 feet & 10 inches (above) |
| Depth of Hold: 8 feet & 2 inches | Masts: Two |
| Stern: Square | Bowsprit: Standing |
| How Built: Carvel | How Rigged: Schooner |
| Figure-head: None | Decks: One |
See also the entry for the schooner Bermuda in our ships Database.
NOTATIONS:
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Bermuda |
- Note: Lake Vessel Register, 1869, p. 5, has "BERMUDA, tonnage 160; built by Harrington, Roblin's Mills 1868; supposed owners, Wilson, Picton; approximate value $8,000; Class Æ"
- TRANSFERRED TO PORT OF WHITBY, AUGUST 19, 1875
History:
1868, Jun 30: owned by C.S. Wilson and Collier Bros.; registered Picton, ONT.
1871: owned by James C. Hume.
1872, February 12: owned by J.C. Hume & J.H.G. Hagerty.
1873, March 28: sold to Clarkson and Hagerty, Toronto.
1875, August 19: transferred to Whitby, owned by J. Blow, et al.
1878: owned by James D. Grey, Oshawa, registered Whitby.
1880, November 6: ashore Port Granby; Capt. Abner Hicks. John Allen, part owner.
1881, June 10: Certificate lost with vessel, cancelled.
1881, September 9: Certificate found and returned to Ministry of Marine.
Newspaper and other transcriptions
- Willis Metcalfe, Canavas and Steam, p. 74 Schooner Bermuda was built of Sophiasburgh oak, by John Tait at Roblin's Cove, Longreach, [Prince Edward County] for C.S. Wilson and Collier Brothers., 1868. According to the 'Ontario Reformer' of November 12th, 1880, the BERMUDA was grounded intentionally, when a serious leak was discovered in her hold. At the same time she was stripped of her mainsail as she rounded High Bluff, 1 ¼ miles west of Port Granby. The beaching of the BERMUDA took place in a very rocky exposed area on November 9th, 1880, resulting in a quick breakup of the vessel. Captain Abner Hicks of South Bay was her master.
- References to the schooner Bermuda appear in C.H.J Snider's work:
Schooner Days CCLXVI (266) Thirty-Eight Christenings For One Prince Edward Lady, 14 Nov 1936
Schooner Days CCCCLVIII (458) Twilight And Speedwell, 2 Nov 1940
References and source notes
(4) C.H.J. Snider Schooner Days index, Naval Marine Archive.