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Caledonia (II)

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Registry #1 097162 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1890 Caledonia (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1890 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer J. Macfarlane Measurement (imp) 100.0' x 25.4' x 4.7'
Builder B.C. Iron Works Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 237 Type 1 Passenger Vessel
Registered Tonnage 130 Type 2
Engine 2-25hp high pressure horizontal steam engines Engine Manufacture Albion Iron Works Co. Ltd., Victoria BC
Repower Propulsion Sternwheeler
Rebuilds In 1895 she was rebuilt to 132' x 24' x 4.7’ 354gt/223rt by being sawn in half and having 30’ of new structure spliced-in to the hull. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain G. Odin (Sr.); Captain F. Odin (Jr.); Captain J.W. Troup; Captain John H. Bonsor (1898); Captain George Magar (1907)
 
Owner(s)
In 1891-1898 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., Victoria BC. In 1907 she was owned by the Caledonia Trading Co.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1898-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel served the Skeena River in 1898. In 1898 this vessel was abandoned at Port Simpson on the beach, her machinery used in the second Caledonia. On August 24, 1908 the hulk drifted away and broke up.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping (1898); Affleck, Edward L. (2000); Newell, G. (1966); Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 3; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3185/126?r=0&s=5 ; LAC RG12, A1, Vol 414 Shipping Registers Victoria BC; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3185/126?r=0&s=5 ;
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