MINOS, H.M.S. (1840, Steamer)

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Identification

Vessel name:: MINOS, H.M.S.
Year of Build:: 1840

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Chippewa, ONT
Vessel Type:: Steamer; Note: Gunboat.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Original Owner:: Canadian Navy

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Low Pressure
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
Propulsion Notes:: 2 sidelever beam, 26" x 4' 6", 45hp each by Ward & Company, Montreal, QUE. Grates & boilers for coal.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 148'
Beam:: 0'
Depth:: 0'
Tonnage (old style):: 400

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Port Maitland, ONT.
Lake Erie.
How:: Scrapped.

History

Chronology:

1840 Built as a Man of War, hull planks 5" & sealings 3" with iron bars for reinforcing, hull 22" thick & should repel most shot; armed with eight 18 pounders & 2 mortars.

1840, Nov In sea trials on Lake Erie, 12 mph.

1841, Jul In service, Lake Erie.

1848, May Commanded by Lieutenant Harper, Lake Erie.

1852, Apr Sold by George W. Tifft, Buffalo, for merchant service.

1852, May Rebuilt Bidwell & Banta, tow boat.

1852, Jun Towing log rafts, Port Rowan, ONT - Tonawanda, NY.

1853 Towing logs to Buffalo from Canadian ports.

1853, Sep Aground at Waterloo, ONT.

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