_advertisement_--_cropped.jpeg) Advertisement for steamerSentinel, published 1901. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sentinel |
| Owner | Hunt Bros.;Hansen Trans. Co.;Kitsap County Transportation Company |
| Route | Puget Sound |
| Completed | 1898 |
| Out of service | 1928 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 100 ft (30 m) (approx.) |
| Installed power | steam engine |
| Propulsion | propeller |
Sentinel was a small wooden propeller-driven steamship of thePuget Sound Mosquito Fleet.
Sentinel was built in 1898 for theHunt Brothers, who ran a family steamboat business on Puget Sound. The Hunts ran the vessel to stops onBay Island in southern Puget Sound, and also on a run toSeattle with mail stops onVashon Island. The vessel was sold toHansen Transportation Co. in 1903, rebuilt and widened so as to increase passenger capacity from 100 to 250. In 1921 Hansen Transportation sold the vessel to Ed Lorentz. In 1928, the vessel was scrapped and the engine installed in another steamboat, theArcadia.Sentinel is reported to have belonged to theKitsap County Transportation Company (KCTC) from 1905 to 1908, and to have been part of KCTC when it was formed.[1]
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