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Brico

Steamer / Non-self propelled Cable Repair Barge:
  • Built in 1908 as the steel-hulled F/V Chicago (I) by Moran Bros. Shipyard, Seattle, WA.
  • Launched in 1908
  • Delivered in 1909 Chlopeck Fish Co., Seattle WA.
  • Sold in 1913 to Booth & Co., Seattle, WA. as a halibut steamer
  • On 1 May 1913, Chicago (I) was damaged slightly by stranding at Fish Egg Island, AK.
  • On 21 June 1913, Chicago (I) was wrecked at Warm Chuck, Prince of Wales Island, her cargo was a total loss but her hull was salvaged, converted to a barge, renamed Brico
  • Converted to a cable laying barge for use by the US Army
  • Damaged in a stranding in 1929
  • Sold in 1929 to the British Columbia Telephone Co., Vancouver, B.C.
  • Sold in 1964 to Capital Iron and Metals Co., Victoria, B.C.
  • In 1964 she was pulled ashore at Fanny Bay, B.C. and converted to a restaurant
  • Sold in 1968 to Joseph McLennan, Mac's Oysters, Fanny Bay, B.C.
  • Final Disposition, broken up at Fanny Bay, circa 2008
    Specifications:
    Displacement 381.6 gross tons
    Length 134'9"'
    Beam 24'
    Draft 14'"
    Complement unknown
    Fuel Capacities unknown
    Propulsion (As Built)
    one triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
    single shaft
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    Brico
    30040501    		 24k Brico in use as a restaurant at Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, B.C., circa 1964.
    The Nauticapedia Museum of Cascadia and Pacific,Western and Northern Canada, photo by John MacFarlane     		John Spivey
    Brico
    30040502    		 80k Brico in use as a restaurant at Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, B.C., circa 1996.
    Flickr; ©Wayfarer     		Tommy Trampp
    Brico
    30040503    		 53k Brico abandoned at Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, B.C., 2 March 2008
    Shipspotting.com; Dirk Septer     		Tommy Trampp
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