History | |
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Name | Ossifrage |
Owner | Ball William, Chatham |
Port of registry | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Builder | F.W. Wheeler & Co. |
Yard number | 26 |
Launched | 11 May 1886 |
Identification | 107488 |
Fate | Struck a shoal and foundered 29 September 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | barge, lighter |
Tonnage | 383 GRT |
Length | 46.6 metres (152 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 8.8 metres (28 ft 10 in) |
Depth | 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine |
Propulsion | Screw propeller |
SS Ossifrage was a Canadian barge that hit a shoal in the Northumberland Strait in 1919, while she was being towed from Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada to Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada.