Sechelt (steamboat)

Sechelt ex Hattie Hansen ca 1910
History
NameSechelt (ex Hattie Hansen)
OwnerHansen and Sons (1894 to 1903); J.F. Curtis & Sons (1903 to circa 1909); Sechelt Towage Co. (circa 1909 to 1911); British Columbia Steamship Co. (1911)[2]
RouteLake Washington, Seattle-Dogfish Bay, Hood Canal, Seattle-Poulsbo, Everett-Coupeville, Vancouver, BC-Sechelt, Victoria-Sooke[1]
BuilderLee Shipyard, Sand Point, Lake Washington[3]
Launched1893, in Lake Washington[1]
In service1893
FateSank 24 March 1911
General characteristics
Typeinland steamboat, passenger/freighter
Length83 ft (25 m)[1]
Beam15 ft (5 m)[1]
Installed powersteam engine
Propulsionpropeller
NotesInsured for $9,000 on date of loss[2]

Sechelt was an American steamship which operated from 1893 to 1911 on Lake Washington, Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia, mostly as a passenger ferry with routes between Washington state and British Columbia. For most of her career, she was called Hattie Hansen.[1] She became well known following her unexplained sinking with no survivors near Race Rocks Lighthouse in 1911.

  1. ^ a b c d e Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 49, 70, 76,193-94, and 594, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ShipwreckInv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Lange, Greg, "Lee Shipyard, first business on Sand Point (Lake Washington), opens about 1886", HistoryLink.org, March 15, 2000 (accessed 2008-03-02) Note: use this source with caution as this article states there were 13 survivors from the wreck, when those people actually disembarked at a landing before the ship sank. They were not on board and there were no survivors from the wreck.