Ship Details |
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Amur (I)Photo Credit: UBC Cdn Fisherman Archive |
Registry #1 | 098073 (Canada) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1890 | Amur (I) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | (nk) | Sunderland | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | 1924 | Famous (II) | Name 8 | ||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1890 | Place | Sunderland | Area | Country | UK |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 216.0' x 28.1' x 11.2' |
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Builder | Strand Slipway Co. | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | 907 | Type 1 | Passenger vessel, 3-masted |
Registered Tonnage | 570 | Type 2 | Tug |
Engine | 34rhp triple expansion steam engine | Engine Manufacture | Union Iron Works, San Francisco CA USA |
Repower | Repowered with a 850ihp triple expansion, 3-cylinder engine by North East Marine Co. Sunderland UK. | Propulsion | Screw |
Rebuilds | Rebuilt as a tug | Call Sign | VQDQ |
Pendant # | Masters | Captain Louis P. Locke; Captain Mears; Captain Josiah Gosse; |
Owner(s) |
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In 1895 she was sold to the Lombard S.S. Co. In 1898 she was brought to the BC coast by the Klondike Mining, Trading and Transportation Company and she was owned by Sir Charles Tupper. In 1899 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. Ltd., Victoria BC for Wrangell and Skagway run. In 1903 she was transferred to Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Services. In 1911-1924 she was owned by Coastwise Steamship & Barge Co., Vancouver BC for ore trade to Anyox. In 1924 she was sold to Captain A. Berquist, Victoria BC. In 1924 she was renamed as the Famous. In 1927 she re-entered service under charter to Frank Waterhouse & Company of Canada Ltd. In 1928 she was laid up and sold to Messrs Leith, Murray & Co. of Vancouver BC. In 1931-1932 she was owned by Albert Berquist, Victoria BC. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1932-00-00 |
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Named Features | Amur Point (BC); Amur Rock (BC) |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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In 1890 this vessel was in the North Sea and Baltic trade. On November 10, 1901 this vesselran aground in Chilkat Inlet AK as a result of careless navigation. In 1924 this vessel was stranded. In 1926 this vessel was aground at Skeena River and salvaged by Vancouver Dredging and Salvage Company. In 1929 this vessel was stripped of steel and brass and beached at Bedwell Bay. In 1932 this vessel was sunk by Pacific Salvage Company in Burrard Inlet on orders of Vancouver Port Authority. |
References |
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Canada List of Shipping; Sessional Papers (Vol. 14) (3rd Session of the 11th Parliament of the Dominion of Canada (1911); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Dalzell, Kathleen E. (1973); The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast; |
Last update |
2020-07-05 00:00:00 |
Record Creator |
John M. MacFarlane |
Record Updater |
John M. MacFarlane (2020); John M. MacFarlane (2019); |