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Ships That Never Die 104 e FAVOURITE - FAVOURITE (Can 94762) William A. McDonald Collection » ss Wooden passenger and freight propeller, built in 1889 at Meaford by Chisholm for Charles A. Far- rer of Meaford. Dimensions Sold in 1894 to the North Shore Navigation Co., of Collingwood, and in 1895 renamed CITY OF PARRY SOUND. On Oct. 9, 1900, she burned at Col- lingwood dock. In 1906 she was rebuilt as a tug at Collingwood by Robert J. Morill and named A, F, BOWMAN (Can 116385). Dimensions 76 X 22 X 12, gross 113. One scotch boiler 11X11'. Fore and aft compound engine, 18-36 X 26, built by Doty Engine Works, Toronto, in 1889. On Oct. 24, 1906, she was docu- NOTE: During preparation of this article for publication, 130, X0 25" X10; cross 491. mented at Port Arthur by the Canadi- an Towing and Wrecking Co., (James Whalen). On Jan. 8, 1929, she was sold to the Dominion Towing and Sal- vage Co., a subsidiary of Canada Steamship Co., who, on April 11, 1929, transferred her registry to Montreal, the home office, but she remained at Port Arthur where her registry was closed on May 3, 1941, with the notation,"Vessel vroken up, dismantled. W. R. Wiiliams the question arose as to whether the tug A. F. BOWMAN could rightly be considered as the same vessel rebuilt, in view of the considerable changes in hull dimens- ions, propulsion and Canadian registry number. Williams' correspondence with the Dominion Archivist and the Dominion Registrar of Shipping did not. clarify the matter either way. But in his correspondence with Capt. Franl_) E. Hamilton, Capt. Hamilton reports that the 1906 Inland Lloyds declares that the A. F. BOWMAN was rebuilt from the burned-out hull of the CITY OF PARRY SOUND, while the 1925 American Bureau of Shipping makes no mention of it. Thus the matter rests unless there is further evidence either way.