The steamboat ''Dauntless'' operated in the early 1900s as part of the
Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.
Career
''Dauntless'' was built in 1899 by
Matthew McDowell at
Tacoma to replace the ''Defiance'' (I) on the
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
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Tacoma-East Pass run. ''Dauntless'' was 93' long and rated at 91 tons.
In 1900, Captain McDowell built a newer and larger
''Defiance'' (II) at Tacoma, and sold ''Dauntless'' to the
Moe Brothers, who put the vessel in the
Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island is a city and island in Kitsap County, Washington. It is located in Puget Sound. The population was 23,025 at the 2010 census and an estimated 25,298 in 2019, making Bainbridge Island the second largest city in Kitsap County.
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service.
[Newell, ed., ''McCurdy Marine History'', at 49, 60, 76 and 343.]
In 1902, the Moe Brothers sold ''Dauntless'' to L.B. Hastings and Captain Mann, of
Port Townsend
Port Townsend is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census.
It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County. In addition to ...
. They put ''Dauntless'' on the Port Townsend-
Irondale run. A steel mill at Irondale caused that town to boom, and ''Dauntless'', still capable of 11-knot speed, made quick trips on this route.
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On December 30, 1923, a storm caused ''Dauntless'' to break loose from her moorings at Appletree Cove. The vessel was blown across the sound and washed up on the beach at Meadow Point, breaking up on the beach.][Newell and Williamson, ''Pacific Steamboats'', at 120]
Notes
References
* Newell, Gordon R., and Williamson, Joe, ''Pacific Steamboats'', Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1958.
* Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966.
See also
* Matthew McDowell
External links
steamboat University of Washington digital library photograph showing ''Dauntless'' on Puget Sound, circa 1903 (Asahel Curtis photograph)
Steamboats of Washington (state)
History of Washington (state)
Ships built in Tacoma, Washington
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