Ship Details
B.X. Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	126516 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1910	B.X.	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1910	Place	Soda Creek	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	127.5' x 28.5' x 5.1'
Builder	Watson, Alexander (Jr.)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	513	Type 1	Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage	323	Type 2
Engine	2-27nhp horizontal compound steam engine (1910)	Engine Manufacture	Marine Iron Works, Chicago IL USA
Repower		Propulsion	Sternwheeler
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Owen Forrester Browne (1910)

 

Owner(s)
In 1910-1931 she was owned by the B.C. Express Co., Ashcroft BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1919-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was launched May 13, 1910. In 1919 this vessel was damaged at Woodpecker, below Fort George Canyon, salvaged and towed to South Fort George where this vessel was abandoned and dismantled. This vessel remained in the shipping registry at least as late as 1931.

 

References
Sessional Papers (Vol. 14) (3rd Session of the 11th Parliament of the Dominion of Canada (1911); Canada List of Shipping; Affleck, Edward L. (2000)
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