Profil du navire

Alaskan (IV)

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Histoire

This passenger/freight vessel was built in 1883 by John Roach & Sons in Chester, PA.

Notes historiques

In 1884 this vessel worked on the Portland to Ilwaco route.

In 1887 this vessel was transferred to Puget Sound on the Victoria BC route.

In 1888 this vessel was transferred to the Columbia River. On May 12, 1889 this sidewheeler, while on a voyage from Portland to San Francisco, foundered and broke up in heavy seas 18 miles off Cape Blanco OR with the loss of 30 persons.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1883 she was owned by the O.R. & N. Co.

Capitaines

Captain R.E. Howes (1889);

Références

  • Gibbs, Jim (1986) Peril At Sea
  • Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Atglen PA USA
  • Don Marshall (1984) Oregon Shipwrecks
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