Name Acadia Sponsored by William Belden Completed 1880 Construction started December 1880 Displacement 471,700 kg | Laid down December 1880 Christened 1880 Length 182 m Weight 528.3 tons Builder Chester | |
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Operator Department of Marine and Fisheries | ||
Built as a yacht for New York banker William Belden, Yosemite by J. Roach and Sons of Chester, PA, it was renamed Iron Fisheries Cruiser Acadia when it was purchased by the Canadian government in 1885 for the Department of Marine and Fisheries. It was scrapped in 1910.
Prior to service in Canada, the boat had been sunk in the Hudson River off of Esopus Meadow lighthouse in July 1882.
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