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The steamboat Dauntless operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.
[edit] Construction
Dauntless was built in 1899 by Matthew McDowell at Tacoma to replace the Defiance (I) on the Seattle-Tacoma-East Pass run. Dauntless was 93' long and rated at 91 tons.
[edit] Sale to Moe Brothers
In 1900, Captain McDowell built a newer and larger Defiance (II) at Tacoma, and sold Dauntless to the Moe Brothers, who put her in the Bainbridge Island service. [1]
[edit] Sale to Hastings and Mann
In 1902, the Moe Brothers sold Dauntless to L.B. Hastings and Captain Mann, of Port Townsend. They put Dauntless on the Port Townsend-[Irondale, WA|Irondale]] run. A steel mill at Irondale caused that town to boom, and Dauntless, still capable of 11-knot speed, made quick trips on this route.[2]
On December 30, 1923, a storm caused Dauntless to break loose from her moorings at Appletree Cove. She was blown across the sound and washed up on the beach at Meadow Point, breaking up on the beach.[3][4]
- ^ Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 49 and 60, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966 (showing photo of Dauntless)
- ^ McCurdy, at 76
- ^ McCurdy, at 343
- ^ Newell, Gordon R., and Williamson, Joe, Pacfic Steamboats, at 120, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1958 (showing photo of Dauntless)
[edit] See also
Matthew McDowell
[edit] External Links
[edit] Historic images from the on-line collection of the University of Washington
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