Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Robertson II"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Robertson II
Registered port:Victoria B.C.
Nation:CAN
Type of rigging:SCHONER
Year built:1940
Yard:Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Overall length:39.50 m
Length (hull):31.90 m
Breadth:6.70 m
Draught:3.50 m
Sail area:510 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:220 PS
Engine:GM Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 07 Jul 2007

  • one of the last original Canadian Grand Banks fishing schooners
  • construction by McKay and Sons, launched 1940 at Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
  • used for fishing up to 1974, purchased by the Quest Star Society then and brought to Victora, British Columbia, converted to a 3-masted staysail schooner, used by the S.A.L.T.S. Sail and Life Training Society for sail training purposes.
  • 1980 she underwent a general overhaul, 1982 re-conversion to her original rig as a 2-masted gaff schooner.
  • after her decommisioning from active service in 1995 she offers dockside programs for young trainees and is open to the general public from May to September today.
  • run aground in July 2007 on a reef off of Saturna Island, none of the crew members and passengers were injured in the accident, but damage to the ship was fairly significant, there was some hope to rescue the ship

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 195 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 224 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 144 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 211 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data