Geschichte
This sloop, naval was built in 1850 by U.S. Navy Yard (Portsmouth NH).
Historische Notizen
This vessel served in the USN North Pacific Squadron in 1871-1873. This vessel operated in that region until this vessel was wrecked at 8.40 am on June 18, 1875 on the submerged Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows off Campbell River, British Columbia. This vessel under the command of Captain W.W. Queen while enroute from San Francisco CA to Alaska while on a mission to collect natural curiosities for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Her bow was immediately run into the Vancouver Island shore and made fast with a hawser to a tree, but within an hour this vessel had sunk completely from sight. Lieutenant Commander Sanders, with a pilot and thirteen men, made their way on foot to Victoria.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1850 she was a warship of the United States Navy. Wikipedia states that "Recommissioned on 5 November 1853, the steamer sailed for the Mediterranean where she operated until returning to Philadelphia on 26 June 1856.
She was decommissioned there on 1 July for repair of her machinery and installation of new boilers. After re-commissioning on 17 September 1857, she got underway to begin the long voyage south round Cape Horn and back up the Pacific Ocean coast of the Americas for duty along the west coast of the United States."
Kapitäne
Capt. W.W. Green USN; Captain Thomas Stowell Phelps, Sr. (1871-1873); Captain W.W. Queen
Bewaffnung
11 × 8 in (200 mm) guns
Namensbedeutung
Named for the Saranac RiveUSA.
Referenzen
- Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1967)
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- The San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco CA USA) Sunday October 14, 1877 page 2
- en.wikipedia.org ↗
