Ship Details

Caledonia (III)

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Registry #1 107145 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1898 Caledonia (III) Name 6
Name 2 (nk) Northwestern (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1898 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer J. Macfarlane Measurement (imp) 142.4' x 30.4' x 4'
Builder B.C. Iron Works Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 569.06 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage 358.52 Type 2
Engine Two 17hp high-pressure horizontal steam engine Engine Manufacture Albion Iron Works Co. Ltd., Victoria BC
Repower Propulsion Sternwheeler
Rebuilds Rebuilt in 1898 Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain John H. Bonser (1898); Captain S.B. Johnson; Captain George Magar (1907);
 
Owner(s)
In 1898 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK. In 1907 she was sold to Caledonia Trading Co. (a Prince Rupert syndicate headed by Major Gibson).
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1908-08-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was powered by a steam engine, from the previous Caledonia on the Skeena River. This vessel was used chiefly in the Skeena River. In 1903 this vessel was laid up. On August 24, 1908 this vessel was wrecked in the Skeena River BC at Mile Forty-four. Her engines and fittings went to the Omenica.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping (1898); Edward L. (2000); Newell, G. (1966)
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