Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Dover (1850)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Dover
Also known as:
Georgiana (1872)
Year of Build:
1850
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Dover, Ontario
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
-54
Final Disposition
How:
Broken Up
History
Chronology:

First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 95 x 28 -- 165 tons Rebuilt: Dunnville, Ontario, Canada in 1872

Second Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Rebuilt: Penetang, Ontario, Canada

92x15 Owned by D. McSwain, Dunnville Ont. 1851, 1860; E. McCallum, Dunnville 1864, 1872; H. H. Thompson, Penetanguishene Ont. 1877. Built by D. McSwain, Dover Ont. (not Port Dover) 1850. Engine (in 1878) 16x48 (maker unknown). Rebuilt at Dunnville and launched 17/05/72. Register name is "Georgina" but Port Dover registrations are generally illiterate and correspondence from owners uses "Georgiana". Cabin built on upper deck 1851. Badly damaged by fire mid-September 1860 Cayuga Ont. Used on Grand River until 1872 rebuilding, then Georgian Bay.

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Dover (1850)