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SS Beaver (ship)
Corporate body · 1862 - 1874

Hudson's Bay Company paddle steamer.

SS Anyox (ship)
Corporate body · 1927 - [?]

1267 gross ton, wooden, steam-propelled ship originally used as a tanker. built by Winslow Steam Boat Company, Winslow, Washington, and, from 1913 to 1929, owned by Coastwise Steam and Barge Company of Vancouver. From 1930 to 1937, she was owned by Pacific Salvage Company of Vancouver and was sold to Chinese owners in 1945. In 1925, she sank off Prospect Point, Vancouver after a collision during severe rain storm, and in 1933 she was chartered by Hudson’s Bay Company to supply Port Barrow. Eventually, she was burned off Wangpoo River China, total loss, date unknown.

SS Amur II (ship)
Corporate body · 1903 - 1946

Steel single screw passenger vessel, 1643 tons gross. Built in 1903 in England as Van Eyck, then renamed Plummer, then renamed again in 1931 as Amur. Between 1924 and 1931, she was owned by Coastwise Steamship & Barge Co. (J. Griffiths & Sons, Mgrs), Vancouver. In 1946, she became a fish carrier in China.