CGS Acadia

Iron Fisheries Cruiser Acadia
History
/Canada
Name: Acadia
Operator: Department of Marine and Fisheries
Builder: J. Roach & Sons, Chester, PA
Laid down: December 1880
Sponsored by: William Belden
Christened: 1880
Completed: 1880
Acquired: 1880; by Canada 1885
Commissioned: 1880
Recommissioned: 1891
Decommissioned: 1910
In service: 1880-1910
Out of service: 1910
Renamed: Acadia 1891
Status: Scrapped
General characteristics
Type: Fisheries patrol cruiser - converted from a yacht
Displacement: 520 tons
Length: 182.5 m (598 ft 9 in)
Beam: 23.5 m (77 ft 1 in)
Draft: 19 m (62 ft 4 in)
Propulsion: Steam Compound

Built as a yacht for New York banker William Belden, Yosemite by J. Roach and Sons of Chester, PA,[1] it was renamed Iron Fisheries Cruiser Acadia when it was purchased by the Canadian government in 1885 for the Department of Marine and Fisheries.[2] It was scrapped in 1910.[3]

Prior to service in Canada, the boat had been sunk in the Hudson River off of Esopus Meadow lighthouse in July 1882.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/merchant.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Ccg/usque_Ship_Details
  3. ↑ "Ships of the CCG 1850-1967". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13.
  4. ↑ http://supreme.justia.com/us/150/674/case.html
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