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''Malahat'', a large 5-masted lumber schooner from Vancouver, BC, was known as "the Queen of Rum Row" in her day. She became famous (or infamous) for rum-running on the US Pacific Coast between 1920 and 1933. The Vancouver Maritime Museum says that ''Malahat'' delivered "more contraband liquor than any other ship."〔 〕 ==Construction== ''Malahat'' was built in 1917 in Victoria, British Columbia, by Cameron Genoa Mills Shipbuilders. Her owner was the Canadian Steamships Company of Montreal. As a result of the "ship emergency" during World War I, ''Malahat'' was pressed into service even before her engines were installed. She "performed reasonably well under sail" during her first voyage.〔 ''Malahat'' was comfortably equipped for long voyages as of 1934, with "a coal-burning fireplace in the owner's quarters and two full-size bathtubs."〔 Active until 1944, the Mabel Brown class ''Malahat'' was the longest lived of all the 12 five-masted auxiliary schooners built in Victoria and North Vancouver in 1917–1918. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malahat (schooner)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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