Ship Details

Charlotte (I)

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Registry #1 103909 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1895 Charlotte (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1895 Place Quesnelle Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 111.4' x 20.6' x 4.6'
Builder Watson, Alex (Jr.) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 217.06 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage 77.23 Type 2
Engine 10nhp compound steam (11" x 60") engine Engine Manufacture B.C. Iron Works, Vancouver BC
Repower Propulsion Sternwheeler
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Frank Odin (1896)
 
Owner(s)
In 1895 she was owned by North British Columbia Navigation Co. She was in service between Soda Creek and Quesnel. In 1898-1909 she was owned by John Irving, Victoria BC Canada. In 1909-1910 she was owned by North British Columbia Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1910-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was launched August 3, 1896. In winter 1896 this vessel was at Steamboat Landing but the lay-up was occupied by the Victoria. The Victoria was purchased and demolished to make room for the Charlotte. This vessel hit a rock in Fort George Canyon on 15/07/1910 and sank in Fort George Canyon BC Canada. This vessel was brought back to Quesnelle BC and abandoned there. On December 23, 1915 this vessel was destroyed by fire at Quesnelle BC Canada. The boiler was salvaged and used in a sawmill at Quesnel and later abandoned. The boiler was put back into operation in the 1930s in the Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine at Wells, operating until the 1940s.
 
References
Patenaude, B.C. (1981); Canada List of Shipping (1898); Affleck, Edward L. (2000); Newell, G. (1966); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5518190&q=ship%20registration%20103909&ecopy=e011446308_057 (website viewed 23/02/2025);
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