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Increasing traffic had outstripped their cargo and passenger capacities so the Peruvian Corporation, a UK-owned company that had taken over Peru's railways and lake shipping in 1890, ordered a much larger ship to supplement them. [2] Coya, at 546 tons and 170 feet (52 m) long, was the largest steamship on Lake Titicaca when she was launched in ...
Infamous among these are Lady Elgin which sank in 1861 with 300 lives lost, Eastland, which capsized in the Chicago River in 1915 with the loss of 844 lives, and Noronic, which burned at the wharf in Toronto, Ontario in September 1949 with the loss of 119 lives. While the ship had been known as the "Queen of the Great Lakes" it is now also a ...
It was built in 1913/14 for the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company. The vessel was launched on February 21, 1914 and was the newer of two near-sister ships, the older one being the North American. The South American was 314 feet (96 m) in length, had a 47-foot (14 m) beam, and drew 18 feet (5.5 m).
SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. [1] In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
Sold to Peru after the French government stopped to sale to the Confederacy. Scuttled January 1881 to avoid capture. [13] [4] America (1864) ex-CSS Texas, screw corvette and sister-ship of BAP Union. Sold to Peru after the French government stopped to sale to the Confederacy. Lost during the Arica tsunami on 13 August 1868.
Later sold to the Japanese Oriental Steam Ship Co. She was scrapped in 1926. SS Peru (1892) (1892-1915) A 3,615 GRT steamship built by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, for Pacific Mail launched June 11, 1892. Peru, official number 150595, was the largest steel freight and passenger ship ever built on the Pacific coast at the time. Peru entered ...
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She was the oldest floating ship on the great lakes at the time of her scrapping. SS Norisle was built in 1946 and operated as a ferry between Tobermory and South Baymouth, Manitoulin Island. Used as a museum ship in Manitoulin Island, the ship fell into disrepair and was closed. She was towed to Port Colbourne, Ontario in fall of 2023 and ...