The
steamer CGS Canada was built by Vickers in England and
launched in 1904. She did service as guard and training
ship in the Canadian navy and was armed with four Maxim
machine guns. After the outbreak of world war one she
refitted with a few cannons. In 1925 she was sold to
Nassau and renamed Queen of Nassau. On a journey to Tampa
she developed a leak and sank outside Key Largo 2.July
1926. The wreck was found in 2001 and rest today on a
depth of 65 meter four nautical miles outside Islamorada.
Name:
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Queen
of Nassau
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CGS/HMCS Canada
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62,8 x 7,7 m
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Tons: |
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Home
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411 grt
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Barrow ( UK ) 1904
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Nassau ( BS )
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