History of Victor Lynn Lines A Chesapeake Bay Steamship Saga Page Alwyn Wootten As the Victor Lynn Company played a large role in the history of my hometown, Salisbury, Maryland a view of the second Victor Lynn. The Victor Lynn was joined before long by a sister ship, the Henrietta Frances.. a view of the Henrietta Frances. a view of the Clio. The third ship, the Clio, had been built in 1909 at Philadelphia. she was sold after 1945. With a length overall of 109 feet and a beam of 23 feet, she drew 6.6 feet with a gross displacement of 163 tons. She was powered by a 246 HP single screw 6 cylinder diesel running from a 3000 gallon fuel tank. Her master was William J. Horsman (1951) and she could accommodate a crew of six. A 1942 document documents for us the cost of running the Clio, then $1650 per month (that of the Victor Lynn is given as $2000). Just over half of this was the $927 in wages paid the nine man crew. Fuel oil and provisions cost $212 and $200, respecitvely, with maintenance ($130) and insurance ($120), followed by lubrication oil ($35) and depreciation ($27). The Clio burned ten gallons per hour and took twelve hours per trip, on 25 one way trips per month. The Clio had her share of adventures, too. One of these was her collision, on 20 April 1944, in the upper part of Baltimore Harbor, with the ferry 'Dixie' under her Master at that time, Samuel I. Austin. Nearly 500 passengers and crew were aboard the 'Dixie' when she cut across the channel, ignoring the Clio's fog horn, at an excessive rate of speed (4-5 miles per hour). Fifty passengers on the 'Dixie' reported injuries. The Cliosuffered only minor damage, and was repaired during 4 May - 15 June, 1945 at Loveland and Co., Philadelphia, for $7512.50, according to a bill of 23 July, 1945. | |
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