Maid of England

Short description: Ship

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]

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 ' 'Lloyd’s Registry ' ' 1920-21, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
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.
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.
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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