HUNTER (1838, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
HUNTER
Also known as:
PERTH;HERCULES
Year of Build:
1838
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Prescott, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Original Owner and Location:
Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding Co., Ottawa, ONT.
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Propulsion Notes:
Engine built by Maudslay & Sons, London, ENG; orginally from SHANNON, 1830; then NONSUCH, 1834.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
104'
Beam:
16.7'
Depth:
7.2'
Tonnage (old style):
118.53
Final Disposition
Date:
1864
How:
Retired.
History
Chronology:

Ran as passenger boat.

1844 Owned MacPherson & Crane, Montreal, QUE.

1845, May Ran Kingston - Long Island.

1847 Rebuilt & renamed PERTH; ran as towboat.

1853, Jun 27 Owned Robertson, Jones & Co., Quebec.

1858, Nov 29 Owned Thomas Donohue, Ottawa, ONT.

c1858 - 59 Renamed HERCULES.

1859, Apr 8 Owned Edward Griffin, Ottawa.

1859, Jun Owned Hugh Torney, Ottawa.

1859, Aug 20 Owned Edward Griffin, Ottawa.

c1864 Retired.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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