SS Bayeskimo
Cargo Steamer · United Kingdom · Lost 1925 · Hudson Bay & Hudson Strait
A Hudson's Bay Company supply steamer was holed by ice in Hudson Strait in 1925 and her stranded company rescued from the floes by her fleetmate Nascopie.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
SS Bayeskimo was built in 1922 for the Hudson's Bay Company to supply fur trade posts in Labrador and Hudson Strait. On July 23, 1925, she was holed by ice and sank in Hudson Strait. Her crew and passengers escaped onto the ice and were rescued by the company's ship Nascopie. The wreck was documented in period Hudson's Bay Company records and, more recently, in a family photograph collection donated to the Scottish Maritime Museum.
Vessel
- 1922
- Registered London 146,585
- Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
- Ardrossan, Scotland
- Steel
- 212 ft
- 34 ft
- 1391
- Steam, triple expansion, single screw
- Hudson's Bay Company
Loss
- July 23, 1925
- Ice
- Hudson Strait, near latitude 59.15N, longitude 67.05W
- Hudson Strait
- Ardrossan, Scotland → Hudson's Bay Company posts, Labrador and Hudson Strait
- Trade goods for fur posts
- Not established
- 0
- John Lloyd
The Wreck Today
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Position
- 59.15° N 67.05° W
- Approximate position
- Hudson Strait, near Ungava Bay
Position recorded in Hudson's Bay Company Archives voyage records; rounded to the nearest reported degree/minute figures.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
The wreck's present depth and condition on the sea floor are not established in the sources reviewed.
Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba
Build details, loss date, position, and rescue by Nascopie.
Crew accounts and photographic documentation of the ship and her loss.
