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Chelosin
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Chelosin was a steel-hulled, steam-powered passenger-freighter vessel that served in coastal British Columbia from 1911 to 1949, under the ownership of the Union Steamship Company of British Columbia.
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![]() Chelosin at Stewart, BC in 1912. | |
History | |
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Name | Chilosun |
Owner | Union Steamship Company of British Columbia |
Route | coastal British Columbia |
Builder | Dublin Dockyard Co.; MacColl & Co. Ltd. |
Cost | £28,850 ($140,500). |
Maiden voyage | February 24, 1912 |
In service | 1912 |
Out of service | 1949 |
Identification | Canada registry #130805 |
Fate | Wrecked, then salvaged and scrapped. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steel-hulled coastal steamship |
Tonnage | 1,134 gross tons; 597 registered tons. |
Length | 175.5 ft (53.5 m) |
Beam | 35.1 ft (10.7 m) |
Depth | 14.0 ft (4.3 m) depth of hold |
Installed power | twin triple-expansion steam engines generating 1,420 IHP |
Propulsion | twin propeller |
Speed | 14 knots max.; 12.5 knots avg. |
Capacity | Licensed for 191 passengers; 150 tons cargo. |
Crew | 38 |
Notes | The popular name for this vessel was the Charlie Olson. |
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