Daring (1909 steamboat)
.jpg) The steamboat Daring operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet and was later converted into a tug.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Daring |
| Operator | Chesley Tug Co. |
| Route | Seattle-Tacoma-East Pass |
| Builder | Crawford and Reid |
| Laid down | 1909 |
| Launched | 1909 |
| Out of service | 15 January 1922 |
| Fate | Sunk in collision 15 January 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Tonnage | 163 GRT |
| Length | 98 ft (29.9 m) |
Daring was a steamboat constructed in Tacoma, Washington in 1909. The vessel was later renamed Clinton and used as a tugboat. Clinton was rammed and sunk in 1922 in Burrard Inlet.
Construction
[edit]Daring was built at Tacoma in 1909 by the shipyard of Crawford and Reid for Matthew McDowell's Seattle-Tacoma-East Pass route. Daring was 98 feet (30 m) long and rated at 163 gross register tons (GRT).
Later operations
[edit]From 1916 to 1918, Daring was operated as a tug by Chesley Tug Co. out of Seattle, and was then sold to Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Victoria, British Columbia and renamed Clinton.[1] On 15 January 1922 the tug Clinton was rammed and sunk by Canadian Pacific Railway ferry Princess Royal in Burrard Inlet.[2][3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 159, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
- ^ "Clinton". The New Mills List. Konston, Ontario: Queens University. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ "Will Probe the Sinking of Tug". Vancouver Daily World. 18 January 1922. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
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