Histoire
This yacht, power-cruiser was built in 1861 by Holmes, Peter in Victoria.
Notes historiques
This vessel was the fourth steamer built in the Colony of Vancouver Island. Her boiler exploded in August 1871 killing Captain Frain under mysterious circumstances on a voyage from Nanaimo to Victoria BC Canada. Foul play was suspected but never proven. On August 14, 1871 this vessel was wrecked in an explosion at Nanaimo BC Canada.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1861-1863 she was owned by Harris Carroll & Co., Victoria BC Canada.
Capitaines
Captain John S. Titcombe (1861); Captain Alexander Court (1861); Captain James Frain (1871)
Signification du nom
Named for the daughter of Thomas Harris, first Mayor of Victoria.
Références
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Green, Valerie (1992)
- 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
- Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast
