SS Mariposa (1883)

SS Mariposa leaving the harbor of Papeete, French Polynesia, November 13, 1903.
History
United States
Name: SS Mariposa
Owner:
  • Oceanic Steamship Company (1883-1912)
  • Alaska Steamship Company (1912-1917)
Builder: William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Launched: 1883
Fate: Wrecked and sank, 18 December 1917
General characteristics
Tonnage: 3,000 GRT

SS Mariposa was a steamboat which served in the Pacific Ocean from 1883 to 1917.

History

The Mariposa was an iron ship built in 1883 in Philadelphia by the William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company. It had a weight of 3,000 tons and was built for the Oceanic Steamship Company, which had been founded in 1881 by John D. Spreckels & Brothers to provide passenger and cargo service between San Francisco and Honolulu, Hawaii. Later their service was extended to include Australia and New Zealand.[1]

The ship was sold in 1912 to the Alaska Steamship Company, but not renamed. On 18 December 1917 it sank after hitting a Straits Island reef off the coast of British Columbia.

In 1926 the Oceanic Steamship Company was bought out by the Matson Line of which it became a subsidiary.[2]

Famous passengers

Notable passengers include Saint Marianne Cope, O.S.F., Jessie Ackermann, Jack London and William Priestly MacIntosh.

See also

References

  1. "Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - SS Mariposa". immigrantships.net. 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. "Alaska Steamship Company". theshipslist.com. 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  3. "Blessed Marianne Cope". blessedmariannecope.org. 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  4. "Social Items.". Illustrated Sydney News (NSW: 1853 - 1872) (NSW). 25 March 1893. p. 7. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  5. London, Jack (1988). The Letters of Jack London, Volume Two: 1906-1912. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 728-742.
  6. Earnshaw, Beverley (2004). An Australian Sculptor: William Priestly MacIntosh. Kogarah: Kogarah Historical Society. p. 5. ISBN 095939253X.

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