DUNDEE C103819

According to the Buffalo Evening News report on August 21, 1908, the schooner DUNDEE was involved in a collision with the steamer VARUNA near Belleville, Ontario. While the DUNDEE was approaching the port, the VARUNA collided with her, causing damage to the schooner’s bow. As a result of the collision, a passenger on the VARUNA named Mrs. R. Smith suffered a broken leg. The VARUNA also sustained some damage but continued on its course. The estimated damage to the DUNDEE was around $500.

The historical record of the DUNDEE includes several incidents prior to the collision in 1908:

In 1871, the schooner was owned by Alexander of St. Catharines, Ontario.
On June 3, 1873, the DUNDEE ran aground in Port Colborne, Lake Erie, while carrying grain but was later released.
On February 11, 1876, the propeller ALMA MUNRO collided with the DUNDEE after the propeller parted its moorings at Port Stanley, Ontario.
In 1878, the vessel came under the ownership of W. R. Taylor of Kingston, Ontario, and was registered in Montreal, Quebec. Its dimensions were listed as 125.2 feet in length, 23.6 feet in width, and 10 feet in depth. The tonnage was recorded as 262 tons.
In November 1880, the DUNDEE went ashore in Walter’s Bay, west of Kingston, Ontario.
On August 1, 1908, Joseph H. Smith of Belleville, Ontario, became the owner of the DUNDEE, which was then described as a three-masted schooner measuring 124.8 feet in length, 25.3 feet in width, and 9.8 feet in depth. Its gross tonnage was 253.19 tons, and net tonnage was 224 tons.
The DUNDEE sank in the Bay of Quinte in 1908.
On May 11, 1909, the ownership of the vessel transferred to J. H. & J. W. Smith.
On July 22, 1909, J. B. Flint and J. W. Smith became the new owners.
In 1911, the DUNDEE caught fire in Belleville Harbor, Ontario.
The vessel’s registry was closed in 1914.
In 1920, the DUNDEE was abandoned in the Belleville, Ontario, boneyard.
Around 1960, the hull of the DUNDEE was among several dredged during harbor cleanups.