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.