SIESTA
First Registration
Name: [ SIESTA ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 1/1889 ] Date Registered: [
1889/03/27 ] Official Number: [ 92737 ] First Registration: [ YES ]
Original Building Information
Built By: [ THE POLSON IRON WORKS COY. ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built: [ 1888 ]
Length:
[ 31.40 ] Beam: [ 7.20 ] Gross: [ 3.46 ] Net: [ 235]
Vessel Description
Deck: [ NONE ] Type: [ CARVEL ] Stern: [ROUND ] Gallery: [NONE ] Stem: [ PLAIN ] Frame: [ OAK ]
Propulsion:
[ STEAM SCREW ] Number of Masts: [ NONE ] Type of Rig: [ NONE ]
First Engine
Type of Engine: [ SINGLE VERTICAL HIGH PRESSURE ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Built by: [THE POLSON IRON
WORKS
COMPANY TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ 6.00 ] Unit Horsepower: [COMBINED ]
Closing Information
Date of Reason Closed: [1930/08/15 ] Reason Closed: [NO INFORMATION OBTAINABLE - REGISTRY NOTED ]
Remark:
[(NOTE: "AMENDED" CLOSURE STATES "REGISTRY NOTED THIS 15TH DAY OF AUGUST 1930. VESSEL
SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF EXISTENCE".) ]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-3192, VOL. 453
UNDINE
First Registration
Name: [ UNDINE ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 8/1889 ] Date Registered: [
1889/08/21 ] Official Number: [ 94981 ] First Registration: [ YES ]
Original Building Information
Built By: [ POLSON IRON WORKS CO TORONTO ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built: [ 1889 ]
Length: [ 49.00 ] Beam: [ 8.70 ] Gross: [ 17.07 ] Net: [ 14.85 ]
Vessel Description
Deck: [ ONE ] Type: [ CARVEL ] Stern: [ROUND ] Stem: [ PLAIN ] Frame: [ OAK ] Propulsion: [ STEAM SCREW
]
First Engine
Type of Engine: [ VERTICAL ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Date Built: [ 1889 ] Built by: [THE POLSON IRON
WORKS
CO TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ 10.00 ] Unit Horsepower: [COMBINED ]
Closing Information
Date of Reason Closed: [1910/11/09 ] Reason Closed: [SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF EXISTENCE - REGISTRY NOTED
]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-3192, VOL. 453
MIZPAH
Date Registered
[ 1889/09/03 ] Official Number: [ 94982 ]
broken up and unfit for further service. Note: transactions continue in later documents
First Registration
Name: [ MIZPAH ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 9/1889 ] Date Registered: [
1889/09/03 ] Official Number: [ 94982 ] First Registration: [ YES ]
Original Building Information
Built By: [ THE POLSON ITON WORKS CO. TORONTO ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built: [
1889 ]
Length: [ 51.70 ] Beam: [ 11.80 ] Gross: [ 18.05 ] Net: [ 12.28 ]
Vessel Description
Deck: [ ONE ] Type: [ CARVEL ] Stern: [ROUND ] Stem: [ PLAIN ] Frame: [ OAK ] Propulsion: [ STEAM SCREW
]
First Engine
Type of Engine: [ VERTICAL HIGH PRESSURE ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Date Built: [ 1889 ] Built by: [THE
POLSON IRON WORKS COMPANY TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ 12.00 ] Unit Horsepower: [COMBINED ]
Closing Information
Date Registration Closed: [ 1908/08/01 ] Reason Closed: [BROKEN UP AND UNFIT FOR FURTHER SERVICE ]
Remark:
[(NOTE: TRANSACTIONS CONTINUE IN LATER DOCUMENT.) ]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-3192, VOL. 453
CURLEW
Mills List
#1249, Canada Coast Guard
Owned by
Dominion Government, Minister of Fisheries;
W.N. Macdonald, Sydney, N.S., 1922
Built by
Polson Iron Works, Toronto and launched May 23, 1892
Engine
18-36x24.
Vessel Description
116x20x11, Fisheries cruiser, twin screw
Closing Information
Removed from Register 1937.
PETREL
Registration
103040
Mills List
#4301, Canada Coast Guard
Owned by
C. H. Tupper, Ottawa, 1895
Dominion Government, Minister of Fisheries, 1901, 1921
J. T. Cruickshanks, Sydney, N.S., 1926
Seized in 1927 on liquor smuggling charges, sold to Cruickshanks..
Built by
Polson Iron Works, Owen Sound and launched November 26, 1892.
Rebuilt 1921;
Sold 1923.
Vessel Desription
116 x 22 x 10, 192 gross tons. Fisheries cruiser, steel screw,
perhaps
also a yacht.
Engine
18 - 36 x 24 by builder.
Closing Information
Seized 1927 on liquor smuggling charges, sold to
Cruickshanks.