Built as a cargo- passenger vessel under yard No. 85 by J.Scott & Co., Kinghorn, Scotland for Th Clément, Y Cecconi & Cie., St Pierre et Miquelon.
31 July 1893 launched under the name PRO PATRIA.
Tonnage 704 gross, dim. 185.5 x 27.2ft.
One triple expansion steam engine ?hp, speed? One propeller.
August 1893 delivered to owners.
1903 Sold to S.M. Legasse, Neveu, et Cie., St. Pierre et Miquelon, not renamed.
29 May 1905 wrecked at Cape Breton but salvaged.
1906 Sold to W.W. Lewis, Halifax, (other source gives Sydney N.S.) renamed CANADA. Dim. given as 186 x 27 x 20ft. Licensed for 100 passengers.
The same year sold to Halifax & Cape Breton SS Co., Ltd., Halifax not renamed.
1908 till 1909 laid up.
1909 Sold to Fraserville Navigation Co. Ltd., Halifax (other source gives Fraserville Que.), not renamed.
1910 Sold to Campbellton & Caspé Steamship Co., not renamed.
1911 Sold to G. A. Binet, Québec, not renamed.
1912 Sold to Gaspé & Baie des Chaleurs Steamship Co., not renamed.
09 August 1912 collided with a fishing boat on the Grand River, Que., one killed.
1914 Sold to P Blouin, Québec, not renamed.
1915 Owned again by Caspé & Baie des Chaleurs SS Co., Ltd, Ouébec, renamed PERCÉSIEN.
She was abandoned during rough weather in sinking condition in position 51 26N 32 12W on 09 February 1918, loaded with timber on a voyage from Québec via Halifax to Preston, U.K.
St Pierre & Miquelon 1999 3.00Fr. sg?, scott?
Source Mills-List. Register of Merchant Ships Completed in 1893.
PRO PATRIA 1893
Re: PRO PATRIA 1893
Sorry Auke in my last answer I put 1818. The stamp says vers 1928. Regards
Mario
Mario