Maid Of England

History
Canada
Name:	Maid Of England
Owner:	F. K. Warren
Port of registry:	Lloyd's Registry
Builder:	Omer Blinn
Commissioned:	1919
In service:	1919-28
Out of service:	1928
Fate:	Abandoned at sea (Atlantic Ocean) in 1928

Short description: Ship

Maid of England was a sailing barquentine built in Gross Coques, Digby County, Nova Scotia in 1919 by Omer Blinn.^[3] 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.^[4] Her official number was 141573.^[4] She had one deck^[4] and was made from spruce and pine.^[5] 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.^[6] Maid of England had an initial gross weight of 751 tonnes, with an acceptable weight range of 563-696 tonnes.^[4] 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.^[7] She was 174.7’ long, had a 37.6’ breadth and was 15.2’ deep.^[4]

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.^[8] Among his ever-growing fleet, Warren also owned Earle V. S.,^[4] Martha Parsons,^[4] Emily Anderson (abandoned at sea in 1919),^[9] and Maid of Scotland, which was sunk in a collision.^[10] The unfortunate fate of previous ships owned by F. K. Warren make the fate of Maid of England that much more intriguing.^{[clarification needed]}

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ' 'Lloyd’s Registry ' ' 1920-21, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Armour, Charles A., and Thomas Lackey. Sailing Ships of the Maritimes: An Illustrated History of Shipping and Shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, 1750-1925. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975. Print. 208.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Armour, Charles A., and Thomas Lackey. Sailing Ships of the Maritimes: An Illustrated History of Shipping and Shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, 1750-1925. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975. Print. 208 and 209.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 Lloyd’s Registry 1920-21, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
↑ 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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[LloydRegistry-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ' 'Lloyd’s Registry ' ' 1920-21, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

[ArmourCharles_a-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Armour, Charles A., and Thomas Lackey. Sailing Ships of the Maritimes: An Illustrated History of Shipping and Shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, 1750-1925. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975. Print. 208.

[ArmourCharles-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Armour, Charles A., and Thomas Lackey. Sailing Ships of the Maritimes: An Illustrated History of Shipping and Shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, 1750-1925. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975. Print. 208 and 209.

[LloydRegistry_a-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 Lloyd’s Registry 1920-21, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

[5] American Bureau of Shipping., 1921, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

[6] "Sailing Ship Rigs Nova Scotia Museum". http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mmanew/en/home/researcheducation/sailingshiprigs.aspx. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[7] Lloyd’s Registry 1923-24, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] 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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History

Canada
Name:	Maid Of England
Owner:	F. K. Warren ^[1]
Port of registry:	Lloyd's Registry ^[1]
Builder:	Omer Blinn ^[2]
Commissioned:	1919 ^[3]
In service:	1919-28
Out of service:	1928
Fate:	Abandoned at sea (Atlantic Ocean) in 1928 ^[3]