Chasina as Selma, circa 1913.
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History | |
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Name | Chasina (1917-1923); Selma (1910-1917); Santa Cecilia (1881-1910) |
Owner | Union Steamship Company of British Columbia (1917-1923); All Red Line (1910-1927); others |
Route | coastal British Columbia |
Builder | John Elder & Co. |
Yard number | 259 |
Identification | Canada registry #85075 |
Fate | Disappeared at sea 1931 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steel-hulled steam yacht and coastal steamship |
Tonnage | 258 gross tons; 139 registered tons. |
Length | 141.8 ft (43.2 m) |
Beam | 22.1 ft (6.7 m) |
Depth | 11.6 ft (3.5 m) depth of hold |
Installed power | Steam engine |
Propulsion | Propeller |
Speed | 13.5 knots max.; 11.5 knots avg. |
Capacity | Licensed for 200 passengers in summer; 153 winter; 40 tons cargo. |
Chasina was an iron-hulled, steam-powered ship, originally built as a steam yacht, but later converted to a passenger-freighter vessel that served in coastal British Columbia and other areas during the early decades of the 1900s under the ownership several different companies. The ship disappeared in 1931 after leaving Hong Kong.