GOLDFIELD. 1930
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:55 pm
GOLDFIELD. Gaff-rigged Topsail Schooner. Built in 1930 by Arches, Cayman Is. for Mr Conwell Watler (East End) George Town. L 125'. No engine.
Commissioned for turtling.
In c1950 sold to Rankines of Providemcia. Employed in the cargo trade between the Island and Cartegena and other Caribbean basin ports. Later sold to Ed Englemann for use as a cruising home. Sold again to Bradley Johnson, Seattle and moved to Lake Union.
Sold to the Goldfield Foundation and the Cayman Islands. The return journey to the Cayman Islands was a disaster. Allies became enemies, the ship broke her boom, she was lost in a gale dismasted and towed into Panama then towed through and to Roatan in the Bay Islands. Eventually towed to George Town by Herbet Humphrey's research vessel BEACON, arriving at Cayman Island in 1984. Finally brought to Canal Point where she sank and was abandoned - Caymen Is 1984. 50c. SG589 (LB14/10. WP May 1982)
Commissioned for turtling.
In c1950 sold to Rankines of Providemcia. Employed in the cargo trade between the Island and Cartegena and other Caribbean basin ports. Later sold to Ed Englemann for use as a cruising home. Sold again to Bradley Johnson, Seattle and moved to Lake Union.
Sold to the Goldfield Foundation and the Cayman Islands. The return journey to the Cayman Islands was a disaster. Allies became enemies, the ship broke her boom, she was lost in a gale dismasted and towed into Panama then towed through and to Roatan in the Bay Islands. Eventually towed to George Town by Herbet Humphrey's research vessel BEACON, arriving at Cayman Island in 1984. Finally brought to Canal Point where she sank and was abandoned - Caymen Is 1984. 50c. SG589 (LB14/10. WP May 1982)