NOVELTY (1851, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Vessel Type:: Steamer; Note: Guthrie invention: transverse propeller at bow to navigate without a rudder.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: James Tibbets
Master Carpenter:: Guthrie?
Original Owner:: James Tibbets

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Salmon Island Shoal, 2 miles offshore near Kingston, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:: Sep 1856
How:: Driven ashore in storm.
Final Cargo:: 70 +/- passengers (rescued).

History

Chronology:

Ran Kingston, ONT to Belleville, ONT.

Unknown date Owned Jacob & John C. Bonter, Belleville.

1854, May Collided with steamer CANADIAN, Bay of Quinte.

1855 Owned David Shaw.

1855, Jul Collided with steamer TIBBETTS near Kingston; collided with propeller MOIRA.

1855, Sep 24 Renamed CORRA LINN, Kingston.

1856, Sep Wrecked; owned A. & D. Shaw.

1858, Nov 13 Rammed & sunk by FASHION, Lancaster, ONT.

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