St. Roch (ship)
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| St. Roch National Historic Site of Canada Lieu historique national du Canada St. Roch |
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 Lieu patrimonial du Canada |
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| Recognized since | May 15, 1962 |
| Type | National Historic Site of Canada |
| ID | 9159 |
| place | Port Alberni , British Columbia |
| Recognized by | Canadian Federal Government |
| Approved by | Historic Sites and Monuments Act |
| Entry Canadian List of Monuments | |
The St. Roch is a decommissioned schooner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . She was the second sailing ship to have passed through the Northwest Passage and the first ship ever to make this journey in a west-east direction, i.e. from the Pacific to the Atlantic. She was also the first ship to completely circumnavigate North America .
history
The St. Roch was built in 1928 at Burrard Dry Dock in North Vancouver and was used as a patrol and supply ship in the Canadian Arctic from 1929 to 1939 .
From 1940 to 1942 she ran under Captain Henry Larsen on the same route as Roald Amundsen 38 years earlier on the Gjøa in the reverse direction of the Northwest Passage. In 1944 she was the first ship to return through the Northwest Passage on the more northerly route known as the “true Northwest Passage”, and the first ship to do so in a single season.
From 1944 to 1948 the St. Roch again patrolled the Arctic. In 1950 she traveled from Halifax to Vancouver through the Panama Canal , becoming the first ship to circumnavigate all of North America.
In 1954 it returned to Vancouver for conservation. There she has been a museum ship in a dry dock since 1958 and today forms the heart of the Vancouver Maritime Museum , which was built around the ship. In 1962, St. Roch was declared a National Historic Site of Canada .
construction
The St. Roch was designed by Tom Hallidie on the model of Roald Amundsen's ship Maud . It consists mainly of the wood of Douglas fir . The outer shell is clad with Australian eucalyptus . Massive struts are supposed to counteract the pressure of the ice.
See also
Web links
- St. Roch ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- St. Roch side of the Vancouver Maritime Museum
- Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: St. Roch
- St. Roch at Historical Naval Ships Association
- 360 ° view
Individual proof
- ^ St. Roch National Historic Site of Canada. In: Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 26, 2018 (English).
Coordinates: 49 ° 16 '39 " N , 123 ° 8' 50" W.