Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Gopher (1910)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Gopher
Also known as:
Ocean King (1923); Chateau
Year of Build:
1910
Official Number:
131308
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Garston
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
198
Final Disposition
How:
Broken Up
History
Chronology:

Previous Registration: British (1914)

First Rebuild: Official Number: 131308 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 101 x 23 -- 222 tons Rebuilt: in 1925

100x23x12 Owned by Canadian Pacific Railway, to Quebec Salvage & Wrecking Co. 1914; to Saint John Drydock & Shipbuilding Co., Saint John N. B. 1923; to Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co., Lauzon Que. 1926. Built by H. & C. Grayson, Garston England 1910. Engine 16-26-42x27 by Crabtree & Co., Great Yarmouth England. Built as tender for Canadian Pacific Railway steamships at Liverpool, England. Sunk in collision with Canadian Pacific liner "Marloch" 26/06/25 while docking her at Quebec, 9 killed. Wreck salvaged by Davie.

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Gopher (1910)