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|Ship type= Wooden Barque
|Ship displacement=  731 tonnes
|Ship length= 166.2 ft
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|Ship notes=Involved in trading timber and the transport of general supplies.
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|Ship country= Canada
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|Ship name= ''Tikoma''
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|Ship builder=John and Thomas Jardine
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|Ship launched= 1877
|Ship registry=[[Chatham, New Brunswick|Chatham]], [[New Brunswick]]
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|Ship fate= 1889: Sold to O. C. Hansen, [[Sandefjord]], [[Norway]]
|Ship notes= [[Official Number]]: 74405
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|Ship fate= *1897: Sold to C. Apenes and Son, [[Fredrikstad]], [[Norway]]
*1906: Sold to Th. Andresen, [[Fredrikstad]], [[Norway]]
*May 25th, 1909: Ran aground off [[Pictou]], [[Nova Scotia]] and was lost.
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The [[barque]] '''''Tikoma''''' was built in [[Richibucto, New Brunswick]], Canada, by John and Thomas Jardine, nephews of the ship builder John Jardine.  She was registered in 1877 in [[Chatham, New Brunswick]] and sold to O. C. Hansen (Sandefjord, Norway,) in 1889. ''Tikoma'' was sold to C. Apenes and Son of [[Fredrikstad, Norway]] in 1897, and sold once more to Th. Andresen (Fredrikstad, Norway) in 1906. She ran aground off [[Pictou, Nova Scotia]], in 1909, and was lost.

==The Jardines==
John Jardine is most notable for building the first square-rigged vessel in [[Kent County, New Brunswick]] (then, part of Northumberland County), in 1819. The ship was named the ''Ellen Douglas'', and traded between Ricibucto and Scotland for many years. In 1824, John and Robert Jardine created the firm R. and J. Jardine, building seven vessels between the years 1824 and 1831. However, in 1831, the partnership dissolved, and John Jardine continued to work independently of Robert Jardine until 1844 when he decided to move to [[Liverpool]], England.<ref name="Master of Sail">Spicer, S. T. “Masters of Sail”. Halifax: Pethric Press Limited, 1924</ref><ref name="Jardineshipbuilders">Thompson, M. T. “Jardine Shipbuilders of Kent County, New Brunswick”. Miramichi:  Mirimachi Historical Society, 1963</ref>

Before John Jardine left for Liverpool, he had hired his nephews John and Thomas Jardine from where they had been working in Scotland. After their uncle had left in 1844, John and Thomas Jardine worked with Joseph Salter in [[Moncton]] for a time, built for their uncle under contract, and eventually established their own shipyard on the Richibucto River (J. & T. Jardine).<ref name="Master of Sail"/><ref name="Jardineshipbuilders"/>

The Jardines’ first vessel was the ship ''Lochmaben Castle'', launched in 1849, and their last vessel was the barque ''Valona'', launched in 1884. Between these years, the Jardines built at least sixty vessels, including ''Tikoma''.<ref name="Master of Sail"/><ref name="Jardineshipbuilders"/>

==Ownership==
''Tikoma'' was built in Richibucto, New Brunswick and was registered in 1877 in the port of Chatham, New Brunswick, under the ownership of John and Thomas Jardine. In 1889, she was sold to O. C. Hansen in [[Sandefjord, Norway]], and retained her name. In 1897, ''Tikoma'' was sold to C. Apenes and Son in Fredrikstad, Norway, but was not transferred until 1898. In 1906, she was sold to Th. Andresen, also from Fredrikstad, Norway.<ref name="Canadagov">[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/ship-registration/001093-119.01-e.php?&sisn_id_nbr=70340&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=smsbepoij238u10dprsa0ugp14, "Ship Registration Index: TIKOMA,”] Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada. (accessed 7 February 2013). {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Tikomaone">[http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?175657, “Tikoma SV (1877-1889),”] The Wrecksite, Ephyra Organiseren. (accessed 31 January 2013).</ref><ref name="Tikomatwo">[http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?175656, “Tikoma SV (+1909),”] The Wrecksite, Ephyra Organiseren. (accessed 31 January 2013).</ref>

==Wreck Location==
On May 25, 1909, ''Tikoma'' was travelling from London, England to [[Pugwash, Nova Scotia]] in ballast when she ran aground off Pictou, Nova Scotia and was lost.<ref name="Tikomafate">[http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=4514 “On the Rocks: Find a Wreck: TIKOMA – 1909,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714172026/http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=4514 |date=2007-07-14 }}  Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage. (accessed 7 February 2013).</ref>

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