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(Hans Jensen). In 1925-26 she traded between Windsor Nova Scotia and New York City, presumably with gypsum. By 1927 her owner was controlled by Chr. Jensen and the ship's registry was transferred to Tvaik. Sab. Dorte Jensen of Riga Latvia. She was renamed KAUPO. The ship returned to Danish registry sometime in 1939/40 and after the fall of Denmark was taken over by the British Ministry of Shipping under the management of Hall Brothers of Newcastle. On 10 June 1940 she was one of three ships scuttled as blockships in the harbour area of Dieppe France. Her hull was cut down to the waterline in 1947. Like NEEBING, PAIPOONGE was named for a rural area adjacent to Fort William where the head office of Canadian Northwest Steamship Co. was located. Canada Steamship Lines papers Queen's University Archives; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1917-19; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule B; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 April 1917, 10 August, 10 September and 8 October 1918 and 18 January, 11 March and 13 May 1919; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Paipoonge 22 May-1914-Oct 1918, D.G. Thomson 30 Aug-14 Dec 1919 and Glide 2 May15 Dec 1919; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Shipmaster's Association Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1898; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Beeson Steam Vessels of the Northwestern Lakes; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914; Canada Sessional Papers Vol XI - No 16 - 31 December 1913; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Devendorf Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869-1985; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Greenwood Namesakes 1910-1919; Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1905, 1918, 1921/22, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1937 and 1940; Marcil Tall Ships and Tankers; Mercantile Navy List 1923; Merchant Vessels of the United States 1894 and 1896; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; Canadian Railway & Marine World November 1918, September 1919 and August 1924; Detroit Marine Historian November 1952; Marine Record 7 June and 9 August 1888, 16 December 1892, 24 January, 23 May and 5 December 1895, 14 May 1896, 15 April 1897, 13 and October 1898; Marine Review 27 July 1899; Scanner March and April 2015; www.wrecksite.eu. PEREW see FRANK E. PEREW PRINCE RUPERT see NORTHMOUNT 53 R.G.A. WEAVER ex ROBERT GIRDWOOD ALLAN WEAVER ex NELLIE REID wooden tug (C 90544). 1917-21. Original: 55 tons gross, 28 net, 70' 5" (Bascom and Gillham and the Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database both said 78'). As rebuilt 1912: 81 tons gross, 30 tons net, 61.6'. Built by John Hickler at Buffalo New York in 1886. Round stern. First engine one-cylinder. After 1912 fore & aft compound engine = 260 indicated horsepower, 8 rated horsepower. 1919 value $13,125. 1920 value $11,812.50. NELLIE REID's first owners were either Reid & Fleming of Port Colborne Ontario or R.G. Reid of Lachine Quebec Her 1895-97 owner was William T. 71