From collection Ed Coffin Collection
Schooner-3 CHARLES A. RITCEY wrecked at Rose Head, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia in 1920
The Canadian-built three-masted tern schooner CHARLES A. RITCEY was wrecked at Rose Head, near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, September 15,1920. She struck in a gale. The steward got a line ashore which he and six other crew used to rescue themselves. Captain Acker, the only casualty, was lost overboard when the vessel shifted. She was built at Meteghan, Nova Scotia in 1917. When launched, CHARLES A. RITCEY stood out for being unusually well-equipped for a traditionally built wooden schooner, as she was fitted with modern conveniences including electric lights and even a bath tub for the captain. Under her first captain, C. Dave Ritcey, she was known for fast passages in her short career, but she came to grief under her second master, Otis Acker.
