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KINGSTON
Registry and Rig Information
- Vessel Name: KINGSTON
- Nationality: CANADA
- Official Number: 71609
- Rig: Steamer
Dimensions and Tonnage
- Length: 0.00
- Width: 0.00
- Depth: 0.00
- Masts: 0
- Gross Tonnage: 0.00
- Net Tonnage: 0.00
- Hull Material: Composite Constr.
- Hull Number:
Vessel History
- Rebuilds: Rebuilt at Kingston, Ontario, 1872-1873. Rebuilt at Kingston, Ontario, 1873-1874. Rebuilt, 1895 (175.25 x 27 x 9.75; 914 gross - 576 net). Rebuilt, 1905. Cut down to wrecking tug, 1915 (176.5 x 27 x 9.75; 588 gross - 304 registered).
- History: As KINGSTON: Burned October 26, 1872, at Grenadier Island, St.
Lawrence River.
As BAVARIAN: Burned fifteen miles off Oshawa, Ontario, Lake
Ontario, on November 5, 1873, bound from Hamilton, Ontario, for
Montreal. Twenty lives lost.
As ALGERIAN: Partially burned in 1905.
- Disposition: After lying idle for long period of time, hull was towed from Kingston, Ontario, out into Lake Ontario in 1928, and dynamited and sunk.
Build Information
- Builder: Gilbert, William
- Place Built: Montreal, P.Q.
- Year Built: 1855
Ownership Changes
| Owner |
Date |
Registry |
Official Number |
| Canadian Navigation Co. |
1855 - 1873 |
CANADA |
71609 |
| Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. |
1873 - 1913 |
CANADA |
71609 |
| Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd. |
1913 - 1915 |
CANADA |
71609 |
| Sanford C. Calvin |
1915 - 1916 |
CANADA |
71609 |
| John Donnelly (Donnelly Salvage & Wrecking Co., Ltd., Mgrs.) |
1916 - 1928 |
CANADA |
71609 |
Name Changes
| Name |
Date |
Registry |
Official Number |
| BAVARIAN |
1873 - 1895 |
CANADA |
71609 |
| ALGERIAN |
1895 - 1906 |
CANADA |
71609 |
| CORNWALL |
1906 - 1928 |
CANADA |
71609 |
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