Vessel Profile

Colonel Moody

Colonel Moody
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Story

This passenger/freight vessel was built in 1859 by Trahey, James W. in Victoria.

Historical Notes

Also known as 'Col. Moody'. On May 14, 1859 this vessel was launched at Dead Man's Point.

In 1861 this vessel was working the New Westminster to Yale service. This vessel was broken up in 1864.

Owners & Masters

In 1859 she was owned by the Victoria Steam Navigation Company.

In 1859 she was owned by the British Columbia Navigation Co., Victoria, Vancouver Island.

Masters

Captain Smith Jamieson (1858); Captain Irving; Captain Insley; Captain Wright

References

  • Hacking, Norman R. Steamboating on the Fraser in the Sixties (in British Columbia Historical Quarterly Vol. X No.1 January 1946)
  • Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest
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