Canada 195319 (1952) -- Alberton No. 1
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Number, Date and Port of Registry:
25 in 1952 - Charlottetown, P. E. I.
Names:
1952 Alberton No. 1
1954 Irene Joan
Last registered:
October 19, 1962 (burned on Montague River, August 22, 1962)
Builder:
Wagstaff and Hatfield Ltd., Port Greville, Nova Scotia.
Registry Data:
Length: 46.3 ft. Fore part of stem to fore side of head of
rudder stock
Beam: 14.0 ft. Main breadth to outside of plank
Depth: 5.4 ft. Tonnage deck to ceiling amidships
7.2 ft Top of deck to bottom of keel amidships
Length of Engine Room: 9.7 ft.
Wood fishing vessel, One deck, One mast, Not rigged, Raked stem,
Transom stern, Three bulkheads.
One shaft, one diesel engine (4 cylinders, bore 5.5", stroke 7.75 ",
N.H.P. 2, B.H.P. 76, 8 knots). Engine made 1952 by Morris, Henty &
Gardners, Ltd., Patricroft, Manchester, England.
Tonnage:
Tons Cubic metres Description
22.79 Under tonnage deck
2.59 Forecastle break
3.55 Deck houses
28.93 81.87 Gross
9.26 26.20 Deduction, space used for propelling power
19.67 55.67 Register tonnage
3.78 Engine room spaces below upper decks
Design:
Eldredge-McInnis Inc., Hingham, Mass., U.S.A.
Hull 403 (stern trawler, 49 ft. 7.5 in. L.O.A., tunnel stern)
Owners:
Nov. 28, 1952 Harvey Hutt, Lemont Hutt, Cecil Hutt, Ainsley
Hutt, all of Alberton, P.E.I.
Mar. 23, 1954 Lorne Samuel Johnston, Montague, P.E.I.
Jul. 11, 1960 Irene Joan Limited, Lower Montague, P.E.I.
NOTES: "Signal letters if any" 9254 - 16590
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Registered Transactions and Events:
Nov. 28, 1952, 10:50 a.m.
Mortgage "A" (dated Oct. 17, 1952) for $28,000 at 3% per annum
given by Harvey Hutt, Lemont Hutt, Cecil Hutt, Ainsley Hutt to
the Fisherman's Loan Board of Prince Edward Island, head office
at Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Mar. 27, 1954, 11.35 a.m.
Bill of sale (dated Mar. 23, 1954) under mortgage "A" from the
Fisherman's Loan Board of P.E.I., head office at Charlottetown,
P.E.I. to Lorne Samuel Johnston (M.O.), a fisherman of Montague,
P.E.I.
Mar. 29, 1954, 1:20 p.m.
Mortgage "B" (dated Mar. 23, 1954) for $25,000 at 3% per annum
given by Lorne Samuel Johnston to the Fisherman's Loan Board of
P.E.I., head office at Charlottetown, P.E.I.
May 3, 1954
Ship's name changed to "IRENE JOAN", by authority of Dept. of
Transport, Ottawa, under Transport Order number 50, dated
Mar. 29, 1954.
July 27, 1960, 11.00 a.m.
Bill of sale (dated July 11, 1960) under mortgage "B" from the
Fisherman's Loan Board of P.E.I., head office at Charlottetown,
P.E.I. to Irene Joan Limited, Lower Montague, P.E.I.
No date on register entry
Horace Hewitt, a P.E.I. Fisherman, of Lower Montague, appointed
manager, "under the hand and seal of Irene Joan Limited, owner,
dated July 11, 1960."
July 27, 1960, 11:01 a.m.
Mortgage "C" (dated July 11, 1960) for "$14,000.00 and interest"
given by Irene Joan Limited to the Industrial Development Bank,
head office at Montreal, P.Q. and branch office at Charlottetown,
P.E.I.
Oct. 19, 1962
"Registry closed except so far as relates mortgage "C", this 19th
day of October 1962. Vessel caught fire on the Montague River,
P.E.I. and burned on August 22, being a total constructive loss.
The Certificate of Registry was lost with the ship. Advice
received from Owner."
-- Registry Closed --
Identification of Alberton No. 1 as Eldredge-McInnis design 403 is
based on fact. See notes on P.E.I. Fisherman's Loan Board wooden
trawlers.