Ship Details

Duchess (II)

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Registry #1 090800 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1888 Duchess (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1888 Place Golden Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 81.6' x 17.3' x 4.6'
Builder Watson, Alexander Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 145.48 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage 91.66 Type 2
Engine 2-4.5hp high pressure horizontal steam engines (1876) Engine Manufacture G.A. Pontbriand, Sorel QC
Repower Propulsion Sternwheeler
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1888-1902 she was owned by Captain Francis (Frank) P. Armstrong, Golden BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1903-07-20
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was built from lumber purchased in a sawmill, designed with cabins and a dining room. The engines came from the dismantled Duchess (I). This vessel operated on the upper Columbia River and Lake Windermere. In December 1902 this vessel was broken up with her engines going to the Ptarmigan.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; (1898); Weir, Winnifred Ariel. Captain Frank Armstrong. In B.C. Historical News - Spring 1995; Canada List of Shipping; LAC RG12, A1, Vol 414 Shipping Registers, Victoria BC; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3185/44?r=0&s=5 ;
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