Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Rochester (Steamer, 1863)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Rochester
Also known as:
Hastings; Eurydice; Donnelly
Year of Build:
1863
Rebuilt:
1. 1873;
2. 1882;
3. 1890;
4. 1899;
Official Number:
94988
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Montreal, Quebec
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
August Cantin
Ownership Notes:
Daintry, G. C., (1862-1873); Daintry, J. S., (1864); Royal Canadian Bank, (1869); Gildersleeve, Charles E., (1869-1886); Chamberlain, Charles, (1883); Close, Patrick G., (1886-1898); Donnelly Salvage & Wrecking Company, Ltd., (1902-1920);
Master(s):
Swales, W. E., (1873);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1863)
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 142' Width/Beam: 24'
1873
Length: 138' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 9.3'
1890
Length: 142' Width/Beam: 25' Depth: 8.9'
1899
Length: 142' Width/Beam: 24.7' Depth: 8.8'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 232*
1873
Gross: 211 Registered: 77
1882
Gross: 438
1890
Gross: 590 Net: 438
1899
Gross: 319
Enrollments/Registration
   Port: Toronto
Next document: Toronto 11-5-1920

Next document: (Vessel Dismantled)
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Rochester (1863-1876);
b. Steamer, Hastings (1876-1890);
c. Steamer, Donnelly (1899-1920);
c. Steamer, Eurydice (1890-1899)
Nationality:
Canada (1863-1920)
Chronology:
1. 10/00/1867, Lake Ontario, collision and repaired, $800 loss;
2. 11/00/1869, sprang a leak on Lake Ontario in a gale and repaired;
3. 00/00/1919, hull stripped and towed out into Lake Ontario where she was dynamited;
Notes
General notes:
*John Poole's notes has her tonnage at 330 gross tons in 1863;
**1899, she was 319 gross tons;
Machinery: Vertical Beam Engine, Cylinder, 36" diameter x 8' stroke, 1863; British built (Toronto Register, 1890, No.6);
She was valued at $20,000, in 1864;
1866, new boilers at Kingston, Ontario; 1876, new boilers and renamed, Hastings;
Wright's and Poole's notes say she was abandoned in 1914;
Sources:
1. John Poole's notes;
2. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;
3. Early American Steamers, Vol. VI;
4. Vessel Register: 1864;
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869, 1873, 1874;
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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