The Hudson's Bay Company, at one time a fur trading business, has operated a large fleet of vessels in its history.[1]

Ship list

List of Hudson's Bay Company vessels[1]
ImageVesselTypeStartEndArea
AklavikMotor vessel19231942Western Arctic
Anson Northup (a.k.a. The Pioneer)Steamboat18611861Interior
AnyoxSteamship (chartered by HBC)19331933Western Arctic
AthabascaStern wheel steamer18881897Interior
Athabasca RiverStern wheel steamer19121917Interior
Athabasca RiverStern wheel tug19221949Interior
BankslandFreighter19551964Western Arctic
BaychimoSteel steamer19211931Europe, Western Arctic, Eastern Arctic
BayeskimoSteel screw steamer19221925Eastern Arctic
BaymaudMotor schooner19261927Western Arctic
BaynainSteel screw steamer19281930Eastern Arctic
BayrupertSteel screw steamer19261927Eastern Arctic
BeaverSteamship18351860Pacific Northwest
BeaverSloop, converted to brig17881793Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Beaver LakeTwin-screw diesel tug19381947Interior
Brierley Hill Barque18721881Europe, Pacific Northwest
BrothersBarque, chartered by HBC18431845Europe, Pacific Northwest
BroughtonSloop18261836Pacific Northwest
Buffalo LakeTunnel sterned tug (twin screw)1930post-1939Interior
CadboroughSchooner18261850Europe, Pacific Northwest
CaledoniaStern paddlewheel18901907Pacific Northwest
Cam OwenBrigantine18831886Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Camden18241831Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
CarnaticFull-rigged ship18581860Europe, Pacific Northwest
CeresBrig18021804Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
CharlotteBrig17691782Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
CharlotteSloop17751781Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Cheshire CatAuxiliary yacht19101910Europe, Eastern Arctic
CheyenneSidewheeler18811881Interior
Chief CommissionerScrew steamer18721875Interior
City of WinnipegSternwheeler18811881Interior
ColindaBarque, chartered by HBC18531854Europe, Pacific Northwest
ColumbiaBarque18351850Europe, Pacific Northwest
ColvileScrew steamer18751882Interior
CoreaBarque18601861Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
CowlitzBarque18401851Europe, Pacific Northwest
D.A. ThomasSteamship19241930Interior
DeringFrigate16921697Europe, Eastern Arctic
DeringPink, fireship16881689Europe, Eastern Arctic
DiamondBarque, chartered by HBC18421843Europe, Pacific Northwest
DianaScrew steamer18801888Europe, Eastern Arctic
DiscoveryBarque-rigged auxiliary steamer19051920Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
DistributorSternwheeler tug19241947Interior
DryadBrigantine, chartered by HBC18251836Europe, Pacific Northwest
EagleBrigantine18271837Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Pacific Northwest
EagletKetch16681668Europe, Eastern Arctic
EddystoneFull-rigged ship18071823Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Edward and AnnFull-rigged ship, chartered by HBC18111811Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
EmeraldBrig18161817Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
EnterpriseSidewheeler18621883Pacific Northwest
ErikScrew steamer18881900Europe, Eastern Arctic
EskimoSingle screw motor vessel19471949Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
EsquimauxBrigantine18351836Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
ForagerChartered by HBC18391841Europe, Pacific Northwest
Fort CharlesWooden ketch19401959Hudson Bay, James Bay
Fort ChurchillMotor sailing vessel19131939Hudson Bay, James Bay
Fort GarrySchoonerpost-19241939Eastern Arctic
Fort GarrySteel Naval Stores Lighter19501961Hudson Bay, James Bay
Fort HearneMotor screw19491961Western Arctic
Fort JamesTwo-masted auxiliary schooner19281937Western Arctic, Eastern Arctic
Fort McPhersonGas schooner19141930Western Arctic
Fort RossMotor vessel19381950Western Arctic
Fort SevernAuxiliary wood schooner19261950Hudson Bay, James Bay
Fort YorkMotor schooner19141930Hudson Bay, James Bay
FoxSchooner18501878Hudson Bay, James Bay
FoxYawl18851918Eastern Arctic
FrancesSchooner18361843Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
GanymedeBarque, chartered by HBC18281837Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Pacific Northwest, Eastern Arctic
GlaramaraBarque18651867Europe, Pacific Northwest
GomelzaFull-rigged ship, chartered by HBC18591859Europe, Pacific Northwest
GrahameSternwheeler18841896Interior
HadlowFull-rigged ship18151816Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
HampshireFrigate16971697Eastern Arctic
HarmonyAuxiliary steamer19261927Eastern Arctic
HarpoonerBrigantine or barque, chartered by HBC18481850Pacific Northwest
HolgateSteamship, chartered by HBC19161916Europe
HubandFrigate16871687Europe, Eastern Arctic
Hudson's BayPink, frigate16891697Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
InenewSteamship19021903Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
InternationalDouble-decked sternwheeler18671871Interior
IsabellaBrig18291830Europe, Pacific Northwest
IsobelSchooner18511857Interior
JamesKetch16821683Eastern Arctic
John & AlexanderFireship, lent to HBC16791680Eastern Arctic
KayoshkSchooner18741879Eastern Arctic
King GeorgeFull-rigged ship17501755Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
King GeorgeFull-rigged ship17611780Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
King GeorgeFull-rigged ship17811812Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
KittyBarque, chartered by HBC18591859Eastern Arctic
KoksoakPeterhead19291944Eastern Arctic
KugyukMotor screw schooner (tug)19251926Western Arctic
LabouchereSidewheeler18581866Europe, Pacific Northwest
LabradorScrew steamer/barque18661887Europe, Eastern Arctic
Lady Frances SimpsonSchooner18521858Hudson Bay, James Bay
Lady HeadBarque18651903Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Pacific Northwest
Lady KindersleySchooner19211924Western Arctic
Lady LampsonBarque18691878Europe, Pacific Northwest
LamaBrigantine18321837Pacific Northwest
LauristonBarque19161917Europe
Liard RiverSternwheeler19181922Interior
Liard RiverTunnel sterned motor tug19231947Interior
LilySternwheeler18771883Interior
LivelyBrig, chartered by HBC18221824Europe, Pacific Northwest
Mackenzie RiverSternwheeler19081947Interior
MainwaringSchooner18071820Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
ManitobaSternwheeler18801884Interior
Margaret A.Motor schooner19341943Western Arctic
MarquetteSternwheeler18791883Interior
MarquisSternwheeler18821886Interior
Marten)Brig18451850Eastern Arctic
MartenSchooner18521878Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
MaryFrigate17371749Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Mary DareBrigantine18461854Europe, Pacific Northwest
MessengerFan-tail stern18971906Interior
MidgeSchooner18771877Eastern Arctic
MinkSchooner18741903Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Mount RoyalSternwheeler19021907Pacific Northwest
NascopieSteel screw semi-icebreaker19121947Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
NeophyteMotor ketch19461947Hudson Bay, James Bay
NereideBrig18331840Europe, Pacific Northwest
NigalikKetch19381952Western Arctic
NimbleBrigantine17921793Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Nonsuch ReplicaKetch, replica19681974Europe, Pacific Northwest, Interior
Norman MorisonBarque18491853Europe, Pacific Northwest
North WestSternwheeler18821897Interior
NorthcoteStern paddlewheel steamer18741886Interior
Northland EchoSternwheel tug19281945Interior
Northwest FoxFrigate16891690Europe, Eastern Arctic
Ocean NymphBarque18631884Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
Old MaidSchooner19281930Western Arctic
OtterScrew steamer18531883Europe, Pacific Northwest
PagwaMotor tug19231924Interior
PandoraBrig18461851Pacific Northwest
PelicanScrew sloop19011920Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
Pelly Lake
PerseveranceBarque18911900Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
Port SimpsonSternwheeler19081918Pacific Northwest
Prince AlbertBarque18411856Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Pacific Northwest
Prince ArthurBarque18541864Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Prince GeorgeFull-rigged ship, chartered by HBC18341837Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Prince of WalesFull-rigged ship17931841Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Prince of WalesSchooner18451850Pacific Northwest
Prince of WalesBarque18501885Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Pacific Northwest
Prince RupertFrigate17441760Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Prince RupertPresumed pink17551768Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Prince Rupert"Ship" frigate17691786Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Prince RupertSailing ship18271841Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Prince RupertBarque18411853Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
Prince Rupert"Clipper" Barque18651886Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Pacific Northwest
Prince RupertBarque18871891Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
PrincessSchooner18921896Hudson Bay, James Bay
Princess LouiseSide paddle-wheeler18781883Pacific Northwest
Princess RoyalFrigate18541885Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Pacific Northwest
Queen CharlotteFull-rigged ship17901800Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
RecoveryBrigantine18521859Pacific Northwest
RobinSchooner18431856Hudson Bay, James Bay
RubySchooner, chartered by HBC19141923Europe, Western Arctic
RupertslandSteel motor vessel19481960Hudson Bay, James Bay, Eastern Arctic
Saskalta1921
SaskatchewanSteamboat18731873Interior[2]
SaskatchewanSternwheeler19051909Interior
SeahorsePink17341764Europe Hudson Bay, James Bay
Seahorse"Ship" frigate17651781Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
SeahorseFull-rigged ship17821792Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
SorineBarque, chartered by HBC19101911Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
StorkBarque19041908Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
StrathconaStern steam paddlewheel18981902Pacific Northwest
SumatraBarque, chartered by HBC18361838Europe, Pacific Northwest
TitaniaClipper18851893Europe, Pacific Northwest
ToryBarque, chartered by HBC18501851Europe, Pacific Northwest
UnaBrigantine18491852Europe, Pacific Northwest
UnionSloop18241831Hudson Bay, James Bay
ValleyfieldBarque, chartered by HBC18411843Europe, Pacific Northwest
VancouverSchooner18261834Pacific Northwest
VancouverBarque18381848Europe, Pacific Northwest
VancouverBrigantine18521853Pacific Northwest
WalrusSloop18511857Europe, Hudson Bay, James Bay
WalrusSchooner18721876Europe, Eastern Arctic
WaveSchooner18401841Europe, Pacific Northwest
WeenuskMotor boat19201938Interior
WeenuskSteel tug19401951Interior
William and AnnSnow18241829Europe, Pacific Northwest

References

  1. 1 2 "Hudson's Bay Company Archives – Ships' Histories". manitoba.ca.
  2. Martha McCarthy (1987). "Steamboats on the Rivers and Lakes of Manitoba 1859-96" (PDF). Manitoba Archives. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
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