The steam yacht Geraldine (1888)
General
| Name: GERALDINE | Type: |
| Official Number: 80959 | Tons: 18 |
| Where Built: Picton | Port of Registry / Hail: |
| Build Year: 1888 | Value: |
| Built By: H. Stanton | |
| Master’s Name: | T.H. Lawry, Hamilton, Ontario. |
| Length: 54 feet | Breadth: 9 feet |
| Depth of Hold: 4 feet | Masts: |
| Renamed: VERGEY | |
| Final Disposition: Removed from Register. | |
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Geraldine |
See also the entry for the steam yacht Geraldine in our ships Database.
Newspaper transcriptions
- British Whig, Kingston. June 18, 1888 p. 8 Marine Paragraphs: The GERALDINE is the name of A. Soby’s new steam yacht, Picton.
- British Whig August 15, 1889 p. 1 Marine Intelligence: Arrival of a steam yacht: GERALDINE from Perth, owned by Peter McLaren, bought from Mr. Laurie of Hamilton
- British Whig September 1, 1899 p. 6 Marine Notes: Hon. Peter McLaren’s yacht, GERALDINE, left this afternoon for Perth.
- Renamed VERGEY, Canada, in 1898. Official Number possibly C80959? Taken from the Herman Runge list, supplied by Mr. W. McNeil of Toronto, as a contribution to the Maritime History of the Great Lakes.
References and source notes
(2-4) Newspaper transcriptions donated by Mr. R. Neilson.