Dix (steamboat)

Dix
History
NameDix
OwnerSeattle and Alki Point Transportation Company
Buildershipyard of Crawford and Reid Tacoma
Completed1904
FateSunk in collision, November 18, 1906
General characteristics
TypeInland passenger dayboat
Tonnage130 tons[1]
Length102.5 ft (31.2 m)[1]
Beam20.5 ft (6.2 m)[1]
Installed powersteam engine
Propulsionpropeller-drive

The steamboat Dix operated from 1904 to 1906 as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. She was sunk in a collision which remains one of the most serious transportation accidents in the state of Washington to this day.[2]

In May 2011, it was erroneously reported that wreckage likely to be that of the Dix had been confirmed off Seattle's Alki Point.[1][3] What they believed to be the wreckage was soon acknowledged to not be the Dix.[4]

The true discovery of the Dix was announced on November 17, 2023 by the Northwest Shipwreck Alliance. Working with Rockfish Inc., the Alliance revealed to reporters that they had been studying the wreck site for years and testing their equipment on it. Their hope is to bring legal protection to the site to prevent disturbance of the gravesite.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference openocean was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Herrell, Debera Carlton, "Ceremony to mark worst maritime disaster in Puget Sound history", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 16, 2006". November 15, 2006.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference seatimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "OceanGate Foundation: SS Dix Expedition". www.opentheoceans.org. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  5. ^ Banel, Feliks (2023-11-17). "Lost wreck from long-ago tragedy identified deep in Elliott Bay". MyNorthwest.com. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  6. ^ "Shipwreck search team says it believes it's confirmed location of historic sunken ship". king5.com. November 17, 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-17.