Maritime History of the Great Lakes

City of Quebec (1863)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
City of Quebec
Also known as:
Dumbarton
Year of Build:
1863
Official Number:
45975
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Glasgow
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
472
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Green Island, Quebec, Canada
How:
Foundered
History
Chronology:

Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1868) as Dumbarton

First Rebuild: Official Number: 59877 Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 188 x 27 -- 556 tons Rebuilt: Quebec, Quebec, Canada in 1868

Second Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Rebuilt: Quebec, Quebec, Canada

204x26x12 Owned by Quebec Steamship Co. Built by Laurence Hill & Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland 1863 as blockade runner. Engines (2) 57x60 (oscillating) by A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow. Captured 04/06/64 by Northern forces, taken into U.S. Navy as "Dunbarton". Rebuilt at Quebec for 100 cabin and 100 steerage passengers. One engine removed. Maiden voyage Quebec-Pictou N. S. 08/09/68. Sunk 01/05/70 in collision with Allan cargo ship "Germania" Green Island, St. Lawrence.

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City of Quebec (1863)