 SS Mariposa leaving the harbor of Papeete, French Polynesia, November 13, 1903. | |
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| Name: | SS Mariposa |
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| Builder: | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number: | 233 |
| Launched: | 15 March 1883 |
| Fate: | Sank 18 December 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 3,000 GRT |
SS Mariposa was a steam passenger and cargo liner which served in the Pacific Ocean from 1883 to 1917.
Mariposa was an iron ship built in 1883 in Philadelphia by the William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company. It was of 3,000 gross register tons and was built for the Oceanic Steamship Company, which had been founded in 1881 by John D. Spreckels & Brothers to provide passenger and cargo service between San Francisco and Honolulu, Hawaii. Later their service was extended to include Australia and New Zealand. [1]
The ship was sold in 1912 to the Alaska Steamship Company, but not renamed.
On her final voyage she rescued the crew of Al-Ki that was wrecked 1 November and later rescued the crew of Mahattan that was wrecked on 15 November. The crew of Manhattan had looted the wreck of Al-Ki and the Al-Ki crew were not happy when they found out and had to be kept separate from the other survivors. Mariposa in turn was wrecked on 18 November before making port and everyone had to be rescued after she sank after hitting a Straits Island reef off the coast of British Columbia. There are erroneous reports that she was wrecked on 18 December 1917, even on the Wrecksite.com page that shows newspaper article about salvage efforts being halted on 2 December. [2] Her cargo, donkey engine and other machinery were salvaged.
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