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The sugar refinery work boat Ragus in Halifax Harbour
sometime prior to the Halifax Explosion.
| Name: Ragus | Official Number: 138348 |
| Tonnage: 79 Net |
Dimensions: 72.1' long, 22.3' breadth, 7.3' deep |
| Built: Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada | Builder: John MacLean & Sons | Year: 1917 |
| Registered Port: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Owners: Acadia Sugar Refinery |
| Rig: Work Boat |
| Crew who died: Capt John Blakney, master; Willoughby Dooks, engineer; Asa Myers, mate; Richard Buchanan, fireman; and John Murphy. |
| Career: Ragus was capsized by the Halifax Explosion and most of her crew were killed. The vessel was owned by the Acadia Sugar Refinery, hence the name (sugar spelled backwards). She was put back into service after the explosion and was later sold to Joseph Simon of Halifax and her engines were removed. After this her registry was closed. |
| Sources: Canadian Department of Marine, List of Shipping, 1917; Sessional Papers, Dept. of Marine Annual Report, 1918, Record of Shipwrecks; Halifax Explosion Book of Remembrance |
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