Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Maid of Erin (1846)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Maid of Erin
Year of Build:
1846
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Carleton, New Brunswick
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
How:
Wrecked
History
Chronology:

First Rebuild: Official Number: 34731 Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 149 x 19 -- 167 tons Rebuilt: in 1848

125x19x12 Owned by T. Parks; to J. Walker 1854. Built by W. Olive, Carleton N. B. 1846. Engines (2) by Fawcett Preston & Co., Liverpool England. Used on Bay of Fundy, occasionally to Portland Maine. Badly damaged by fire 06/06/49 Saint John, back in service 11/08 with new ladies' cabin and additional staterooms. Wrecked 16/04/59 "mouth of Dorchester River" (near Moncton).

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Maid of Erin (1846)