Geschichte
This brigantine was built in 1835 by Green, Wigram & Green in Blackwall.
Historische Notizen
This vessel was launched May 1835 and sailed in brigantine rig for the Pacific under command of Captain David Home, via Cape Horn. This vessel arrived at Fort Vancouver April 10,1836. This vessel generated steam in two boilers for her steam engines May 1836. Additional accomodation was fitted in 1860 and this vessel became a passenger, mail and freight vessel operating between Victoria and New Westminster and Fort Langley. This vessel was chartered to the Royal Navy as a hydrographic survey vessel in the 1860s. This vessel was returned to her owners in 1870.
In 1874 this vessel was converted to a towboat and sold to a company under the command of one of the owners, Captain Rudlin.
In 1877 this vessel was sold to B.C. Towing & Transportation Company.
In 1888 this vessel was owned by Henry Saunders, Victoria BC Canada. This vessel was licenced to carry passengers in 1888 and served the logging camps of Burrard Inlet. On July 08, 1888 this vessel was wrecked at the entrance to Vancouver Harbour.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1835-1877 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK.
In 1877 she was owned by the B.C. Towing & Transportation Company, Victoria BC Canada.
In 1888 she was owned by Henry Saunders, Victoria BC Canada.
Kapitäne
Captain David Home (1835-1837); Captain William H. McNeill (1837-1844); Captain Charles Humphreys (1844-1845); Captain Charles Dodd (1845-1851); Captain Charles Stuart (1851-1852); Captain William H. McNeill (1852); Captain Charles Dodd (1852-1856); Captain John Swanson (1856-1858); Captain Herbert G. Lewis (1859-1860); Lieutenant Daniel Pender RN (1863-1879); Captain George Rudlin (1874-1875); Captain Thomas Pamphlet (1876); Captain J.D. Warren (1877); Captain George Marchand (1878-1879); Captain John F. Jagers (1889-1883).
Benannte Orte
Beaver Harbour (BC), Beaver Cove (BC), Beaver Rock (Chatham Passage) (BC), Beaver Rock (Brown Passage) (BC), Beaver Ledge (BC), Beaver Creek (BC)
Umbauten
In 1874 she was converted to a towboat. In 1880 she was rebuilt.
Referenzen
- Lyons, Cicely. (1969)
- Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast
- LAC RG12, A1, Vol 414 Shipping Registers Victoria BC
- heritage.canadiana.ca ↗
