Hamonic (steamship)
Passenger steamship which burned down, yet killed no passengers
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Hamonic was a passenger vessel designed for service on the Great Lakes.[1][2] She was launched in 1909, and served until she burned, in a catastrophic fire, at Sarnia, Ontario, on July 17, 1945.[1][2]
Hamonic passing under the Blue Water Bridge | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hamonic |
| Owner | Northern Navigation Company |
| Operator | Northern Navigation Company |
| Port of registry | Collingwood, Ontario |
| Route | Detroit-Port Arthur/Fort William-Duluth |
| Builder | Collingwood Shipbuilding Company |
| Launched | 1909 |
| Fate | Burned July 17, 1945 at Sarnia, Ontario and scrapped 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Great Lakes Passenger ship/freighter |
| Length | 341 ft (103.9 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15.2 m) |
| Depth | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Decks | 4 |
| Installed power | Coal-fired Scotch boilers, quadruple expansion engine (by John Inglis and Company |
| Propulsion | 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) single shaft/propeller |
Elmer Kleinsmith, a crane operator, operating a crane designed to load and unload coal, was near enough to use his crane's bucket, to rescue the ship's complement.[1][2] Some sources say there were no fatalities, others say there was a single fatality.[3][4]
Other members of her fleet included Huronic, Doric, and Ionic.[5]