Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Grappler (1856)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Grappler
Year of Build:
1856
Official Number:
61301
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Blackwall
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
186
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Seymour Narrows, British Columbia, Canada
How:
Burnt
History
Chronology:

First Rebuild: Official Number: 61301 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 108 x 22 -- 218 tons Rebuilt: in 1879

108x22x8 Owned by J. Lowe, Victoria 1868; W. Moore, Victoria 1877; Saunders & Warren, Victoria 1883. Built by Wigram, Blackwall England 1856. Arrived at Esquimalt as R. N. gunboat 12/07/60. Sold out of service at auction June 1868. Sprang a leak in storm 30/11/80 near Nanaimo, beached. Destroyed by fire 29/04/80 Seymour Narrows B. C., 50 killed.

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Grappler (1856)