SS ''Ossifrage'' was a Canadian

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that hit a shoal in the

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in 1919, while she was being towed from Wallace,

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to Souris,

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Construction

''Ossifrage'' was a passenger ship constructed out of wood at the F.W. Wheeler & Co. shipyard in West Bay City, Michigan, West Bay City, Michigan. She was launched on 11 May 1886. The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . The ship was assessed at . She had a Triple-expansion engine, Triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller and one Scotch boiler. The engine was rated at 540 nominal horsepower, nhp.

New owner

She was sold in 1916 to Canada, Canadian owners and registered at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax,

with registration no. 107488. Where she was later stripped down and her Hulk (ship type), Hulk used as a barge for the fishing industry.

Sinking

On 29 September 1919, ''Ossifrage'' was being towed from Wallace,

to Souris,

when she hit a Shoal in the

. The ship foundered with no casualties.

References

1886 ships Ships built in Bay City, Michigan Steamships of Canada World War I merchant ships of Canada Maritime incidents in 1919 Ships sunk with no fatalities {{ship-stub