ARMENIA (1873, Propeller)

Year of Build:

1873

Official Number:

74388

Built at:

Chatham, ONT

Vessel Type:

Propeller

Note: Canaller

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

2

Builder Name:

J. Simpson & D. Chisholm

Original Owner and Location:

Malcolmson Brothers, Hamilton, ONT

Number of Masts:

1

Engine Type:

Low Pressure

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

34" cylinder, 34" stroke engine, Thomas Wilson Iron Works, Dundas, ONT; 11'6" x 10'9", 78# steam scotch boiler.

Length:

136'

Beam:

23.1'

Depth:

11'

Tonnage (gross):

400

Tonnage (net):

241

Final Location:

Montreal, QUE. St. Lawrence River

Date:

1908

How:

Dismantled.

1873, May 7 Launched; cost $30,000.

1874 Montreal & Chicago Line.

1878 Toronto Mail Line.

1879 Owned Hume & Co., Toronto, ONT.

1880 Northeastern Transportation Co.

1880, Oct 14 Disabled near False Duck Islands, Lake Ontario.

1881-1881-1883 Rebuilt & lengthened Muir Bros. Pt. Dalhousie, ONT. 172 x 23.1 x 11'; 925 gross tons/594 net tons; owned Haggarty & Hume, Hamilton, Ontario. Merchant Line, Montreal to Chicago.

1896 Owned Calvin Co., Garden Island; rebuilt as steambarge for timber trade. 172 x 25 x 12'; 643 gross tons/403 net tons.

1901 Owned David Dean, Richards Landing, ONT.

1905 Owned R. J. Gaskin 176.2' x 25' x 11.5'; 467 gross tons/318 net tons.

1907 Owned A. C. Waud, Montreal.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

Beesons Marine Directory

Newspaper Clippings

H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Canadian List of Shipping (M&FLV)

Canadian Registers

Canadian Sessional Papers

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy

Great Lakes Register