Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Kingston (1855)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Kingston
Also known as:
Bavarian (1872); Algerian; Cornwall
Year of Build:
1855
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Montreal, Quebec
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
-344
Final Disposition
How:
Scuttled
History
Chronology:

First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 176 x 27 -- -427 tons Rebuilt: Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1872

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

Third Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel

174x27x9 Owned by J. Hamilton, Kingston; to Canadian Lake & River Line 1857; to Canadian Inland Steam Navigation Co. 1860, 1869; Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co.; to Calvin Company 1912; to Donnelly Wrecking Co., Kingston 1915. Built by Bartley & Dunbar, Montreal and launched 22/11/54. First engine 44x120 by builder; after 1874 43x120 by E. E. Gilbert, Montreal. Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence mail steamer. Grounded avoiding timber rafts 10/06/65 Cascades Rapids; aground for a month. Stern cabins cut away during salvage, extended when rebuilt. Back in service 18/08/65. Badly damaged by fire 11/06/72 Grenadier Island above Brockville, rebuilt and renamed. Badly damaged by fire again 05/11/73 off Whitby when walking beam broke; flailing shafts smashed barrels of "spirits" which ignited. Had been running as "Bavarian" only four months. Laid up 1909-11.

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Kingston (1855)