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Mountbatten Medallic History of Great Britain and the Sea Medal:Capebreton
Mountbatten Medallic History of Great Britain and the Sea Medal:Capebreton
Mountbatten Medallic History of Great Britain and the Sea Medal:Capebreton
Mountbatten Medallic History of Great Britain and the Sea Medal:Capebreton

Mountbatten Medallic History of Great Britain and the Sea Medal:Capebreton

Associated (Frogmore House, Windsor, England, 1900 - 1979)
Medallist
DateMay 2004
Object NameMedal
MediumSterling Silver
ClassificationsMedals
AcquisitionPresented in 2004 by Dr Joan M Burrell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS072500.47
About MeThe steamer Cape Breton built by Benjamin Wallis & Company at Blackwall in 1833 was a schooner rigged paddle vessel lo4ft long. Her registration particulars show one deck, two masts, a standing bowsprit, a square, stern and a bird figurehead. Her two engines were 35 horse power each and were probably side levers, each comprising a single cylinder with the associated transmission mechanism, an early form of the type found in the paddle tug Reliant, now preserved intact in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.

The Cape Breton belonged to the General Mining Association of London which at that time controlled most of the mining in Nova Scotia. She carried a cargo for the Company's mines at Sydney and at Stellarton near Pictou. In the course of her Atlantic passage she was sighted by a sailing vessel called the Jane which on arriving at Liverpool reported the meeting with a steamer.

After her arrival in Canada, the Cape Breton was employed in the ferry service across the Northumberland Strait from Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island with mail and passengers. In June 1835 she sailed back across the Atlantic to England, arriving at Plymouth on 2nd August. She was damaged in a gale on her return passage to Nova Scotia and finally returned to England in 1842. Her engines were taken out of her and she became a fully-rigged sailing ship. She continued in trade until she was lost at sea in May 1857.

During her pioneer North Atlantic voyage her engines would have been used intermittently when conditions suited and the rest of the time she would have sailed under her schooner rig. This was the normal practice with early steam ships.

The Cape Breton's passage is the first known of a vessel equipped with steam engines across the North Atlantic.

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