| History | |
|---|---|
| Namesake | Gananoque, Canada |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry |  Quebec, Liverpool, London, Newcastle, St John's, Belfast[1][2] |
| Route | New Zealand Packet (1860s) |
| Builder | George T. Davie & Sons, Lauzon[2] |
| Launched | 1857 |
| Completed | 1857[1] |
| In service | 12 February 1858 (London) |
| Identification | British ON 33377[1] |
| Fate | Sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 785[1] |
| Length | 158.1 ft (48.2 m)[3] |
| Beam | 32.6 ft (9.9 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft (5.8 m)[3] |
| Depth of hold | 21.1 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged clipper ship,[4][5] later Barque |
| Notes | wood-hulled |
Gananoque was a wood-hulled clipper ship of 785 tons, built in Quebec in 1857, that made a number of emigrant voyages to New Zealand. She had two serious collisions with icebergs in the North Atlantic, the second of which caused her loss.
- ^ a b c d e "Mercantile Navy List 1858–1880". Crew List Index Project. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Ship Information Database". Canadian Heritage. Retrieved 27 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "American Lloyd's Register 1869–1881". Mystic Seaport Museum. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 December 1858. p. 1. Retrieved 29 December 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertisements". Lyttelton Times. Christchurch, New Zealand: National Library of New Zealand. 30 May 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 29 December 2012.