Ship Details

Delta (IX)

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Registry #1 027916 (UK) Registry #2 (Japan register) Registry #3 127252 (US)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1859 Delta (IX) Name 6
Name 2 1878 Takasago Maru Name 7
Name 3 1898 Centennial (VI) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1859 Place London Area Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 293.0' x 35.0' x 24.6'
Builder Thames Iron Works & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Blackwall & Canning Town UK Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Iron Displacement
Gross Tonnage 1618 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 1612ihp oscillating steam engine Engine Manufacture J. Penn and Sons Ltd.
Repower Propulsion Sidewheeler
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1859-1874 she was owned by Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, London UK. In 1874-1878 she was owned by the Japanese Government. In 1878-1895 she was owned by the Yubin Kisen Mitsubishi Kaisha, Japan. In 1895-1898 she was owned by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Japan. In 1898-1899 she was owned by the Centennial Transportation Co. (Managed by C. Nelson & Co., Seattle WA USA. In 1899 she was owned by John Rosene, George T. Williams and J.D. Trenholme., Seattle WA USA. In 1900 she was owned by the White Star Steam Ship Co. (on charter to the Northwestern Commercial Co.) On 10/1905 captured by Japanese while attempting to reach Vladivostok, later released to owners. In 1906 she was owned by Chelaes Nelson & Co., Seattle WA USA.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1906-04-00
 
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Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Her engine came from the Valetta. In 1898 this vessel was employed in the Klondike gold rush. This vessel was reported to have been a blockade runner during the Russo-Japanese War. In April 1906 this vessel was lost while en route from Norirabm Siberia Russia to San Francisco CA USA with a cargo of sulfur. In 1914 her hulk was reorted to have been sighted locked in ice on the Okhotsk Sea.
 
References
http://www.shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=202630&vessel=DELTA (website viewed 09/06/2023); http://www.shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=1859&builder=&ref=202630&vessel=DELTA (website viewed 09/04/2025);
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