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Casca (I)

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Registry #1 103919 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1898 Casca (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1898 Place Esquimalt Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 140.0' x 30.5' x 5.0'
Builder Esquimalt Marine Railway Co. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 590 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage 364 Type 2
Engine 480ihp steam reciprocating engine Engine Manufacture Albion Iron Works, Victoria BC
Repower Propulsion Sternwheeler
Rebuilds In 1912 she was rebuilt in at Whitehorse YT to 161.0' x 37.0' x ? 1079t Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1898 she was owned by the Casca Trading & Transportation Co. Ltd. She worked the Stikine River in 1898-1899. In 1899-1901 she was owned by Otto R. Bremner. In 1901 she was owned by Bremner & Adair Bros., Dawson YT for Yukon River service in 1901. In 1903 she was owned by Ironside, Rennie & Campbell Co. In 1904-1931 she was owned by The British Yukon Navigation Co., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1974-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The name is supposed to be from Kaska (a band of Athbascan first nations).
 
Anecdotes
On July 9, 1936 this vessel was wrecked when this vessel hit a rock at Rink Rapids on the Yukon River and beached at Dawson City YT. Her engine was used in the second Casca. In 1974 this vessel was destroyed by fire.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping (1898); Affleck, Edward L. (2000); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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