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Vessel Name: / ROBERT S. BERNARD
Official No.: / 80394
Former Vessel Name:
Nationality: / Canadian
Function of Vessel:
Pendant Number:
Naval Class:
Hull Number:

Constructed/Registered

Date Constructed: / 18820000
Date Registered: / 18820000
City of Construction: / Eatonville
Registration No.:
Province of Construction: / Ontario
Port of Registration:
Country of Construction: / Canada
Registration City: / Parrsboro
Details of Vessel Construction:
Registration Province: / Nova Scotia

Vessel Description

Vessel Rigging Style: / Barque
No. of Masts:
Tonnage Gross:
Number of Decks:
Tonnage Net:
Gallery No.:
Length Reg.:
Hull Build:
Registered Breadth of Vessel:
Type of Stern:
Dpth Reg.:
Construction Material for Hull: / Wood
Vessel Mode of Propulsion:
Figurehead of Vessel: / N
Figurehead Description:
Source Reference: / Public Archives - ** RG 42 Volume 1280, ** Original References Vol.# 69 Reel # C-2451 Page # 93,94,104,112,113,132,145,162,. ** RG 42 Volume 1282, ** Original References Vol.# 71 Reel # C-2452 Page # 168. ** RG 42 Volume 1517, ** Original References Vol.# 304 Reel # C-2452 Page # 9,38,50,58,63,75,88,.
Remarks: / Year of registration carded as 1882-1892. Sold to Spanish subjects. Registry closed April 13, 1909. Year of registration carded as 1893-1908.

WATERSPOUT HIT A BARK.; Tore Away the Besnard's Sails and Smashed Her Mainmast.

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February 12, 1906,Monday

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When the British bark Robert S. Besnard passed in at Sandy Hook yesterday morning her skipper, Capt. Andrews, said that the reason it had taken him more than three months to get to New York from Montevideo was that, on Christmas Eve, while off the coast of Georgia, he ran into a waterspout. [ END OF FIRST PARAGRAPH ]

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Ship Register compiled from the following Commercial Shipping Registers: American Lloyds, New York, 1879-1881; British Mercantile Navy List, London, 1857-1920; Bureau Veritas, 1829-1914; Canada Department of Transportation, Shipping Registers, 1826-1921; Great Britain Board of Trade , Marine Department Wreck Registers, 1855-1899; Great Britain, Board of Trade, Shipping Registers, Liverpool, England, 1825-1889; Lloyd's Captains Registers, 1851-1914; Lloyds Register of Shipping, London, 1820 - 1833; Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, London, 1834-1920; Record of American and Foreign Shipping. New York, 1867-1920

PortraitsROBERT S. BESNARD, Shing, Ye
CodeNS.PARR.1882.009PortParrsboro, NSNo

9 / Y / 1882 / M / 09 / D / 16 / Of No / 80394 / ICS

NameROBERT S. BESNARDRig

Barque / Tons / 1209

OfPrev. NamesPrevPortNo

Y / M / D / Prev. Code

BuiltEatonville, NSBuilt LocationCumberland CountyBuilt Year

1882 / Launch / Cert

BuildersEaton, Charles Frederick; Eaton, David RupertAlteredAltered YearAltered PlaceNotesStatusPrize NamePrize RigPrize Nat.Cap ByRigDateCommCondDateCodeSold ForOther ShipsDecks

1

Masts

3

SternRoundFigureheadGalleriesFramesBowSpritLength180.0'Breadth38.6'Height Bt. DecksDepth Of Hold22.6'MasterOthers

Owner / Profession / Place / Shares
Rainey, Henry Roycroft / Insurance Agent / Saint John, NB / 2
Thomson, Robert George Washington / Master Mariner / Saint John, NB / 4
Scammel, Joseah Henry / Commission Merchant / Saint John, NB / 35
Barnhill, William / Gentleman / Lancaster, NB / 2
Stevens, Mary / Wife of Walter Stevens / Lancaster, NB / 1
Randolph, Archibald Fitz / Merchant / Fredericton, NB / 8
Besnard, Robert S. / Ship Chandler / New York, USA / 4
Eaton, Charles Frederick / Shipbuilder / Cornwallis, NS / 4
Eaton, David Rupert / Shipbuilder / Cornwallis, NS / 4

Reg. AnewNo.

Y / M / D / New Code

Lost EtcStruck by Waterspout; Total LossY

1905 / M / 12 / D / 25 / Place / Off South Carolina

Renamed

Nat

Closed/CancelledY

M / D

NotesSurveying OfficerRef