Gananoque (ship)

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Gananoque
History
Namesake Gananoque, Canada
Owner
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Quebec, Liverpool, London, Newcastle, St John's, Belfast [1] [2]
RouteNew Zealand Packet (1860s)
Builder George T. Davie & Sons, Lauzon [2]
Launched1857
Completed1857 [1]
In service12 February 1858 (London)
Identification British ON 33377 [1]
FateSunk
General characteristics
Tons burthen785 [1]
Length158.1 ft (48.2 m) [3]
Beam32.6 ft (9.9 m)
Draught19 ft (5.8 m) [3]
Depth of hold21.1 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan Full-rigged clipper ship, [4] [5] later Barque
Noteswood-hulled

Gananoque was a wood-hulled clipper ship of 785 tons, built in Quebec in 1857, that made a number of emigrant voyages to New Zealand. She had two serious collisions with icebergs in the North Atlantic, the second of which caused her loss.

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History

Gananoque was built at Lauzon, Quebec in 1857 by George T Davie & Sons [2] and sold the following year to Thomas Bailey of Newcastle upon Tyne. [1] In May 1858 he sold a one-eighth share in the ship to Archibald Morris who became her commander. [6]

New Zealand trade

She made four voyages to New Zealand in the 1860s under contract to the provincial governments. [7] The ship was first chartered by Willis, Gann & Company for a voyage from London to New Zealand in 1860 and then for three more by Shaw, Savill and Company. The first three carried government immigrants; the fourth voyage was solely with cargo:

Later history

In 1867 Gananoque was sold to William Johnson of Newcastle upon Tyne. On 11 July 1874, on a voyage from Quebec to Newcastle, she struck an iceberg off Cape Race. Crew abandoned ship and all but one were rescued. [12] [13] However, the ship did not sink, was found abandoned and taken derelict to St John's, Newfoundland. [13] [14]

She was subsequently repaired, re-sheathed and re-rigged as a barque, and was offered for sale in 1876. [15]

Gananoque again collided with an iceberg on 10 May 1881 four miles off Bird Rocks, Magdalen Islands on a voyage from Belfast to Miramichi and sank quickly. [13] [16] The crew landed on Bird Rocks, and were picked up from there on 12 May. [13]

Case law

The first voyage to New Zealand resulted in a High Court of Admiralty case "The Gananoque", a dispute between the ship's captain Archibald Morris and the other owners over contract payment terms. The judgement was "The law will presume that the terms of a master's engagement for one voyage extent to a succeeding voyage performed without a new agreement express or clearly implied." [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Ship Information Database". Canadian Heritage. Retrieved 27 December 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "American Lloyd's Register 1869–1881". Mystic Seaport Museum. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Advertising". The Argus . Melbourne. 20 December 1858. p. 1. Retrieved 29 December 2012– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Advertisements". Lyttelton Times . Christchurch, New Zealand: National Library of New Zealand. 30 May 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  6. 1 2 Lushington, Vernon; Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1864). Reports of cases decided in the High Court of Admiralty of England, and on appeal to the Privy Council : 1859–1862. Vol. 1. London: Butterworths. p.  448 . Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Brett, Henry (1924). White Wings Fifty Years of Sail in the New Zealand Trade, 1850 to 1900. Vol. 1. Auckland, New Zealand: The Brett Printing Company Limited. p. 154. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Shipping News". Lyttelton Times . Vol. 13, no. 783. 12 May 1860. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Port of Raglan". Daily Southern Cross . Vol. 17, no. 1446. 22 October 1861. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Otago Daily Times . No. 383. 13 March 1863. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Shipping Summary". The Southland Times . Vol. 1, no. 47. 17 September 1864. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence — Casualties" . Glasgow Herald . 6 August 1874. p. 6. Retrieved 27 December 2012– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Ship Collisions". Institute for Ocean Technology, Canada. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  14. ↑ "A Tyne Barque Picked Up Derelict" . York Herald . 23 July 1874. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2012– via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ↑ "Advertisements & Notices" . Liverpool Mercury . 23 November 1876. p. 8. Retrieved 27 December 2012– via British Newspaper Archive. [auction] ...The Barque GANANOQUE, 785 tons register. Built at Quebec under special survey in 1857, and classed seven years A1 at Lloyd's sheathed with yellow metal in 1874; is well found in stores, carries a good cargo, and requires very little ballast. Dimensions: Length, 158.2 feet; breadth, 32.8 feet; depth, ... [transcription]
  16. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence — Casualties" . Glasgow Herald . 19 May 1881. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2012– via British Newspaper Archive. The Gananoque, from Belfast to Miramichi, is reported abandoned.

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