Ship Details

Peerless (I)

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Registry #1 085314 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1881 Peerless (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1881 Place Kamloops Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 133.0' x 24.4' x 5.0'
Builder Watson, Alexander Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 307 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage 256.03 Type 2
Engine 2 high pressure steam 16" x 54" engines Engine Manufacture Joseph Spratt, Victoria BC
Repower Propulsion Sternwheeler
Rebuilds In 1885 she was re-built by Captain Troup. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Insley (1881)
 
Owner(s)
In 1881 she was owned by Mara, Willson, Barnard and Menanteau & Co., Kamloops BC. In 1896-1898 she was owned by Mara & Wilson, Kamloops BC. In 1901-1910 she was owned by John A. Mars (MO), Kamloops BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1907-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was launched in November 1880. After the completion of the CPR this vesselcarried coal on the North Thompson River. Some of the machinery from the Marten was used in the engineroom. This vessel worked on the North Thompson Rver. In 1907 this vessel was retired in Kamloops and destroyed by fire.
 
References
Bawlf, M. (1973); Canada List of Shipping (1898); Affleck, Edward L. (2000); Hacking, Norman R. Steamboat Days 1870-1883. In British Columbia Historical Quarterly April 1947;
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