Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Sardonyx (1869)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Sardonyx
Year of Build:
1869
Official Number:
60418
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Greenock
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
404
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Hecate Straits, British Columbia, Canada
How:
Wrecked
History
Chronology:

Previous Registration: British (1882)

First Rebuild: Official Number: 60418 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 170 x 24 -- 561 tons Rebuilt: in 1887

170x24x14 Owned by H. Saunders & J. D. Warren 1882; to Canadian Pacific Railway 1887. Built by Robertson, Greenock Scotland 1869. First engine 33x30 by W. King & Co., Glasgow; after 1876 25-44x30 (maker unknown); after 1887 26x44 by King & Co., Glasgow [sic, though it seems an odd progression]. First steamer owned by Canadian Pacific Railway. Licensed for 238 passengers 1886. Wrecked 13/06/90 Hecate Straits B. C.

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Sardonyx (1869)