THE OLD BARQUE JOHN ENA.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 124, 28 May 1928, Page 12

THE OLD BARQUE JOHN ENA.

An interesting lelter.to.tlve "Syren and Shipping" in reference to the sailing ship John Ena states, that she is at present snugly moored in Oakland Creek, San Francisco. Tho report that sho had been lost was an error arising from the fact that sho was entirely dismasted during her last passage from New York to San Francisco, two years ago. She arrived at tho latter port in tow, and was sold to a local firm. Tho new owners converted her into a tow-bargo, with the intention of using her in tiie lumber trade between Pacific and Atlantic ports. A slump in the demand for lumber brought this plan to naught. Meantime, tho John Ena keeps company with 18 largo railing vessels of British origin—probably the finest fleet of its kind to be seen in any seaport. The John Ena is of special interest owing to the fact that she visited Wellington during tho Great War, and went ashore near Pencarrow. She was refloated, and repaired on the ratent Slip. A four-masted barque of 2842' tons, the John Ena was built in 1592 by R. Duncan and Co., Glasgow.