Histoire
This passenger vessel was built in 1870 by William Denny & Co. in Dumbarton, Scotland.
Notes historiques
This vessel was towed to Japan filled with scrap metal by the Sudbury and later dismantled by Japanese ship breakers.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1870-1884 she was owned by Cunard Steam Ship Co., Liverpool UK.
In 1884 she was owned by John Elder & Co.
In 1887 she was chartered to Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Services.
In 1887 she was put on CPR trans-Pacific service Vancouver-Japan-Hong Kong.
In 1891 she returned to Guion Steam Ship Company.
In 1892 she was owned by Northern Pacific Steam Ship Co., USA.
In 1898 she was owned by North American Mail Steam Ship Co. of Tacoma WA.
In 1901 she was owned by Northern Pacific Steam Ship Co., USA.
In 1904 she was owned by North Western Steam Ship Co.
In 1908 she was taken over by Alaska Steam Ship Co.
In 1936 she was laid up until 1939.
In 1941 she operated on Alaska coast by US War Shipping Administration.
In 1947 she returned to Alaska Steam Ship Co. as a cargo ship.
In 1952 she was laid up at Houghton, Lake Washington WA.
In 1954 she was owned by Dulien Steel Products for scrap.
In 1954 she was reowned by Straits Towing Ltd. for conversion to a lumber barge.
In 1955 she was renamed as the Straits No. 27.
In 1956 she was owned by Japanese shipbreakers.
In 1956 she was renamed as Straits Maru for the voyage to Osaka Japan under tow by Sudbury.
Lieux nommés
Parthia Shoal (Vancouver Harbour) BC
Reconstructions
In 1954 she was resold to Straits Towing Ltd. for conversion to a lumber barge.
Remotorisation
In 1884 triple expansion 3-cylinder engine
Références
- Canada List of Shipping
- McDonald, Lucile (1984)
- McKee, William C. (1978)
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1910)
