: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: City of Hamilton
Also known as:: City of the Bay
Year of Build:: 1850
Rebuilt:: 1. 1862, Henry Roney, Garden Island, Ontario;
2. 1869; Henry Roney, Garden Island, Ontario;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Bath, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Peter R. Beaupre
Ownership Notes:: Gildersleeve, (1850-1870); Davy, William H., (1850); Davy, B. F., (1850); Bethume, Donald, (1851); Cameron, John H., (1854); Bickerton, Samual, (1854); Brodie, James, (1854); Corby, (1856); Reid, (1856); Smith, O., (1856); Breck, Irfa Allen, (1864-1877); Calvin, Delino D., (1869-1877);
Master(s):: Harrison, (1850); Gooseberry, Baptiste, (1869)

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

November 25, 1850: Port: Kingston Number: 41 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Kingston 4-28-1869
April 28, 1869: Port: Kingston Number: 233 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, City of Hamilton (1850-1853);
b. Steamer, City of the Bay (1853-1862);
c. Steamer, City of Hamilton (1862-1877)
Nationality:: Canada (1850-1877)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1856, Nicholsons Island, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, cargo $5, 000 loss, hull $3, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *She did not have any masts in 1862;
Engine room was 44' long in 1850;
She was valued at $18,000, in 1856; $14,000, in 1864;
Mills says she was abandoned in 1875;
Machinery: Cross head engine;
Sources:: 1. Enrollment: Kingston, Ontario;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
4. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;
5. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869, 1873;

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