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History
Name Ossifrage
Owner Ball William, Chatham
Port of registry
Halifax ,
Nova Scotia ,
Canada
Builder F.W. Wheeler & Co.
Yard number 26
Launched 11 May 1886
Identification 107488
Fate Struck a shoal and foundered 29 September 1919
General characteristics
Type barge, lighter
Tonnage 383
GRT
Length 46.6 metres (152 ft 11 in)
Beam 8.8 metres (28 ft 10 in)
Depth 2 metres (6 ft 7 in)
Installed power Triple expansion steam engine
Propulsion Screw propeller
SS Ossifrage was a Canadian
barge that hit a
shoal in the
Northumberland Strait in 1919, while she was being towed from Wallace,
Nova Scotia ,
Canada to
Souris ,
Prince Edward Island ,
Canada .
Construction
Ossifrage was a passenger ship constructed out of wood at the F.W. Wheeler & Co. shipyard in
West Bay City ,
Michigan . She was launched on 11 May 1886.
[1]
The ship was 46.6 metres (152 ft 11 in) long, with a beam of 8.8 metres (28 ft 10 in) and a depth of 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). The ship was assessed at 383
GRT . She had a
Triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller and one
Scotch boiler . The engine was rated at 540
nhp .
[2]
New owner
She was sold in 1916 to
Canadian owners and registered at
Halifax ,
Nova Scotia with registration no. 107488. Where she was later stripped down and her
Hulk used as a barge for the fishing industry.
[2]
Sinking
On 29 September 1919, Ossifrage was being towed from Wallace,
Nova Scotia ,
Canada to
Souris ,
Prince Edward Island ,
Canada when she hit a
Shoal in the
Northumberland Strait . The ship foundered with no casualties.
[2]
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1919
Shipwrecks
1 Jan:
HMY Iolaire
21 Jan:
UC-40
30 Jan:
Nimrod
7 Feb:
HMS Erin's Isle
8 Feb:
U-16
10 Feb:
UC-91
18 Feb:
Mirabeau
20 Feb:
UC-71
22 Feb:
U-21
7 Mar:
HNoMS Thor
6 Apr:
SMS Vulkan
15 Apr:
U-118
17 Apr:
USS Freehold
27 Apr:
USS Courtney ,
USS Otis W. Douglas
28 Apr:
USS Gypsum Queen ,
USS James
April (unknown date):
Borets za Svobodu
4 May:
HMS Cupar
5 May:
SMS Leipzig
2 Jun:
Rucumilla
9 Jun:
HMS L55
16 Jun:
HMS Kinross
18 Jun:
Oleg
21 Jun:
Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow –
SMS Bayern ,
SMS Bremse ,
SMS Brummer ,
SMS Cöln ,
SMS Dresden ,
SMS Derfflinger ,
SMS Emden ,
SMS Friedrich der Grosse ,
SMS G38 ,
SMS G39 ,
SMS G40 ,
SMS Hindenburg ,
SMS Grosser Kurfürst ,
SMS Kaiser ,
SMS Kaiserin ,
SMS Karlsruhe ,
SMS König ,
SMS König Albert ,
SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ,
SMS Markgraf ,
SMS Moltke ,
SMS Prinzregent Luitpold ,
SMS S32 ,
SMS S36 ,
SMS S50 ,
SMS Seydlitz ,
SMS V45 ,
SMS V46 ,
SMS Von der Tann ,
SMS G102
28 Jun:
Duchess of Richmond
Jun (unknown date):
Erinpura
27 Jul:
USS May
30 Jul:
USS G-2
13 Aug:
Basilicata
18 Aug:
Dvina
1 Sep:
HMS Vittoria
4 Sep:
HMS Verulam
8 Sep:
Valbanera
9 Sep:
USS St. Sebastian ,
USS SP-471
10 Sep:
USS Coco ,
USS Katherine K. ,
USS Patrol No. 1 ,
USS Sea Hawk
11 Sep:
USS Helena I
16 Sep:
HMS M25 ,
HMS M27 ,
West Arvada
29 Sep:
ML-18 ,
ML-62 ,
ML-191 ,
Ossifrage
30 Sep:
August Helmerich
3 Oct:
Frank O'Connor
7 Oct:
Sizergh Castle
9 Oct:
Daram
17 Oct:
SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
18 Oct:
HMS H41
21 Oct
Gavriil
31 Oct:
Fazilka
13 Nov:
Council Bluffs
22 Nov:
Myron
24 Nov:
Poltava
12 Dec:
USS Kerwood
18 Dec:
Cufic
Unknown date:
UB-14
Other incidents