Fairhaven (sternwheeler)

American sternwheel steamboat

Fairhaven under construction.

History
Name| Fairhaven
Owner| Pacific Nav. Co.; La Conner Trading & Trans. Co.; Puget Sound Nav. Co.
Route| Puget Sound
Builder| John J. Holland
Completed| 1889
Out of service| 1918
Identification| US registry 126378
Fate| Destroyed by fire 1918
General characteristics
Tonnage| 319.39 gross, 240.57 registered
Length| 130.2 ft (39.7 m)
Beam| 26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Depth| 6.2 ft (1.9 m) depth of hold
Installed power| twin steam engines, horizontally mounted
Propulsion| sternwheel

Fairhaven was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet which operated from 1889 to 1918.

## Career

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Fairhaven was built in 1889 by John J. Holland for the Pacific Navigation Company in his shipyard at Tacoma, Washington. The vessel was placed on the run from Seattle, to Bellingham, Washington, by way of Whidbey Island and the town of La Conner, Washington.

In March 1907, Fairhaven was blown onto the dock at Coupeville, Washington, during a gale, and then on to the shore, suffering substantial damage. The steamboat Camano towed her off the beach.[1]

On November 3, 1911, Fairhaven sank at her mooring in Seattle. She was raised, but was destroyed by fire in 1918.

## Gallery

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* Advertisement for Fairhaven, 1901.

* Fairhaven sunk at pier, November 3, 1911.

* Hulk of Fairhaven, ca.1920, in West Seattle.

## References

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1. ^ Newell, ed., McCurdy Marine History, pp. 119, 135, 173, 189, 209, and 293.

* Affleck, Edwin L, ed. A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC (2000) ISBN 0-920034-08-X

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Steamboats of Puget Sound and western Washington State

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Ships of the Mosquito Fleet

Propellers|

| Wood|

* Albion
* Alice (1897)
* Alice Gertrude
* Annie M. Pence
* Aquilo (steamship)
* Aquilo (yacht)
* Arcadia
* Atlanta
* Audrey
* Bay Island
* Bellingham
* Burton
* C.C. Calkins
* C.C. Cherry
* Calista
* Camano
* Clallam
* Commander
* Concordia
* Crest
* Crystal
* Daring
* Dart
* Dauntless
* Defiance
* Dix
* Dode
* Dove
* Eagle
* Elfin
* Elk
* El Primero
* Elsinore
* Fleetwood
* Florence K
* Fortuna
* Flyer
* General Miles
* Hattie Hansen
* Hector
* Hyak
* Ilwaco
* Inland Flyer
* Iola
* Island Princess
* Islander
* Katherine
* L.T. Haas
* Lady of the Lake
* Magnolia
* Mizpah
* Monticello 2
* Otter
* Quickstep
* Rosalie
* Sentinel
* Triton
* Urania
* Vashon
* Verona
* Victor
* Virginia V
* Willapa

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Steel|

* Aquilo (yacht)
* City of Sacramento
* Coho
* Duwamish
* El Primero
* Jessie Banning
* Kulshan
* Potlatch
* Sioux
* Sol Duc
* Tacoma

Sternwheelers|

* Bailey Gatzert
* Capital City
* Chehalis
* City of Shelton
* Clara Brown
* Comet
* Daisy
* Elwood
* Enterprise (1855)
* Emma Hayward
* Fairhaven
* Fidalgo
* Greyhound
* Hassalo (1880)
* Henry Bailey
* Irene
* Messenger
* Monte Cristo
* Multnomah
* Northern Light
* Old Settler
* Olympian
* Otter
* S.G. Simpson
* Teaser
* Telegraph
* Triumph
* Wenat
* WT Preston
* Zephyr

Sidewheelers|

* Alaskan
* Beaver
* Cyrus Walker
* Eliza Anderson
* Fairy
* George E. Starr
* Idaho
* King County
* Kirkland
* Leschi
* North Pacific
* Ocean Wave
* Olympia
* Olympian
* T.J. Potter
* Wilson G. Hunt
* West Seattle
* Yosemite

Steam tugs|

* Alice (1897)
* C.C. Cherry
* Cyrus Walker
* Duwamish
* Echo
* Elk
* Goliah (1849)
* Goliah (1907)
* Hector
* Rabboni
* Portland (1875)
* Richard Holyoke
* Ruth
* Wallowa

Steam ferries|

| Converted|

* Bailey Gatzert
* City of Sacramento
* Beeline
* Fortuna
* Sioux

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Purpose-built|

* City of Clinton
* City of Mukilteo
* City of Seattle
* Issaquah
* King County
* Leschi
* West Seattle

Motor vessels|

* Alverene
* Bainbridge
* Carlisle II
* Coho
* Falcon
* Lotus
* Speeder
* Suquamish

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Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet companies, shipyards, and personnel

Companies|

| Passenger
and freight|

* Angeles Brewing & Malting Co.
* Black Ball Line
* Hale Pass. & Wollochet Bay Nav. Co.
* Hansen Trans. Co.
* Hunt Bros.
* Island Trans. Co.
* Kitsap County Trans. Co.
* La Conner Trading & Trans. Co.
* McDowell Trans. Co.
* Merchants Trans. Co.
* Moe Bros.
* Oregon Rwy & Nav. Co.
* Oregon Steam Navig. Co.
* Puget Sound Nav. Co.
* Pacific Coast Steamship
* Straits Steamship Co.
* Tacoma & Burton Nav. Co.
* Vashon Nav. Co.

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Towing|

Pacific Tow Boat Co.

Ferry|

* Kitsap County Trans. Co.
* Oreg. & Wash. Ferry & Nav. Go.
* Puget Sound Nav. Co.
* West Seattle Land & Improv. Co.

Shipyards|

* Crawford & Reid
* J.F. Duthie
* Holland
* King & Winge
* Lake Washington
* Moran Bros.
* Martinolich

Personnel|

* William Ballard
* Thomas Coupe
* Joshua Green
* Matthew McDowell

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Steamboats in other areas

Articles by area|

| Washington|

* Lake Washington
* Columbia River
* Cowlitz River
* Grays Harbor
* Willapa Bay
* Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach)
* Lake Crescent

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Oregon|

* Columbia River
* Willamette River
* Oregon Coast
* Yaquina Bay
* Coquille River
* Coos Bay

British Columbia|

* Upper Fraser River
* Lakes Route
* Arrow Lakes
* Okanagan Lake
* Upper Columbia and Kootenay Rivers
* Skeena River
* Stikine River
* Peace River

Alaska and Yukon|

Yukon River

Other|

Mackenzie River

Navboxes|

* Columbia River
* British Columbia
* California

Lists of vessels|

* List of ships in British Columbia
* List of steamboats on the Columbia River

Further information: Washington State Ferries

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Puget Sound sternwheelers

* Bailey Gatzert
* Capital City
* Chehalis
* City of Shelton
* Clara Brown
* Comet
* Daisy
* Enterprise (1855)
* Fairhaven
* Fidalgo
* Greyhound
* Hassalo (1880)
* Henry Bailey
* Irene
* Multnomah
* Northern Light
* Old Settler
* Otter
* S.G. Simpson
* Teaser
* Triumph
* WT Preston
* Zephyr

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Puget Sound Navigation Company

Ships and date acquired|

* Alice Gertrude (1903)
* Athlon (1903)
* Columbia Queen (1903)
* Dode (1903)
* Evangel (1903)
* Fairhaven (1903)
* Garland (1903)
* Inland Flyer (1903)
* Lydia Thompson (1903)
* Majestic (1903)
* Port Orchard (1903)
* Prosper (1903)
* Rapid Transit (1903)
* Rosalie (1903)
* T.W. Lake (1903)
* Utopia (1903)

Officers and personnel|

* Joshua Green

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1907

Shipwrecks|

* 11 Jan: Alice Gertrude, Welcome
* 17 Jan: Prinz Waldemar
* 21 Feb: Berlin
* 24 Feb: Gjøa
* 3 Mar: Dakota
* 7 Mar: Dundonald
* 12 Mar: Iéna
* 17 Mar: Suevic
* 18 Mar: Jebba
* March (unknown date): Fairhaven
* 1 Apr: Hereford
* 16 Apr: Lucifer
* 19 Apr: HMS Ariel
* 1 May: Silverlip
* 20 May: Chanzy, Izaro
* 19 Jun: Gymnote
* 21 Jul: Columbia
* 29 Sep: Metamora
* 11 Oct: Aagot, Cyprus
* 13 Oct: Pedro Nunes
* 17 Oct: Ina Mactavish
* 21 Oct: Queen Cristina
* 2 Dec: Mount Temple
* 14 Dec: Thomas W. Lawson
* 21 Dec: Cap Lopez
* 27 Dec: Dei Gratia

Other incidents|

* 11 Jan: Turbinia
* 19 Jan: Vaderland
* January (unknown date): Etruria
* 5 Feb: Winifredian
* 11 Feb: HMS Albemarle, HMS Commonwealth
* 20 Feb: Kléber
* 5 Mar: Gymnote
* 11 Mar: Devonian
* 12 Mar: Patrie, Suffren
* 3 May: Prinz August Wilhelm
* 2 Jun: Grängesberg
* 20 Jun: HMS Dryad, USLHT Maple
* 21 Jul: San Pedro
* 29 Aug: Standart
* August (unknown date): HMS Commonwealth
* 2 Oct: Bunker Hill
* 21 Oct: USS Franklin
* 9 Nov: Favorite
* 23 Dec: Mauretania

1906 1908

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1911

Shipwrecks|

* 25 Jan: Rosario di Giorgio
* 23 Mar: Yongala
* 24 Mar: Sechelt
* 10 Apr: Iroquois
* 23 Apr: Asia
* 12 May: Merida
* 6 Jun: Bayard
* 1 July: USS Samar
* 27 July: RMS Empress of China
* 11 Aug: Gunilda
* 12 Sep: Madeleine
* 14 Sep: Pontiere
* 25 Sep: Liberté
* 27 Sep: Three Brothers
* 30 Sep: Alpagot, Swarland
* 1 Oct: Ixion
* 12 Oct: Freccia
* 3 Nov: Fairhaven
* 4 Dec: Maryland
* 13 Dec: Delhi
* Unknown date: HMS A1, Kings County

Other incidents|

* March (unknown date): HMS Empress of India
* 24 May: RMS Ivernia
* 1 Aug: Numancia
* 6 Sep: Poignard, Saint Louis
* 20 Sep: RMS Olympic, HMS Hawke
* 25 Sep: République
* 16 Oct: HMS Nymphe
* 22 Nov: Prinz Joachim
* 24 Nov: Noordam
* 15 Dec: Abessinia

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1918

Shipwrecks|

* Unknown date: Fairhaven, UB-107, UC-79

Other incidents|

* Unknown date: USS Ibis, USS Satilla

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