SS Lake Champlain
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner | Canada Shipping Company |
| Port of registry |  Canada |
| Builder | London & Glasgow Co. Ltd. |
| Launched | 25 December 1874 |
| Maiden voyage | 13 April 1875 |
| Fate | Wrecked 1888 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Iron screw-steamer |
| Tonnage | 2,207 GRT |
| Length | 321 ft (98 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Depth | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 250 hp (190 kW) steam engines |
| Sail plan | Barque |
SS Lake Champlain was built in 1874 at
This iron screw-steamer was the first of the Beaver Line steamships and was set to sail between Liverpool, Quebec, and Montreal when navigation of the
Lake Champlain's hull and 250-horsepower engines were constructed by the London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company at Govan. Owned by the Canada Shipping Company of Montreal and Liverpool, she was registered in Montreal, the first Clyde-built steamer under the Dominion flag. Measuring 321 ft. with a 35 ft. beam and 26 ft. deep hold, she was rated at 2,207 tons gross. She had three decks, the upper deck being a spar deck and the others designed for carrying passengers. Barque-rigged, and equipped with steam steering-gear, steam windlass for raising anchors and four steam winches, she was a state-of-the-art ship.
Her design was intended to withstand the worst weather of the Atlantic, and her hull had been specially strengthened for any contact with ice. On her
Lake Champlain had two sister-ships named Lake Nepigon (1875-1896) and Lake Magantic (1875-1878).
Citations
References
- "Ship Descriptions - L". The Ships List. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009.
- "S/S Lake Champlain (1), Beaver Line". Norway Heritage.
- "Elder Dempster & Company / African Steam Ship Company". The Fleets. The Ships List. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007.