vessel acadian

[claybury]

an ancestor from devon is on census files as being a MARINER on the vessel acadian, have tried on various sites to find out more about this ship but so far no luck. anyone any idea where I may find out more about this vessel acadian. many thanks.

[Mosaic]

Part of your difficulty may lie in a mis-spelling - could it be Arcadian? If so, try this thread: http://1914-1918.invi...x.php?showtopic=50339

[dotty.]

This could have been a coastal vessel or a fishing boat, not necessarily a large ocean going ship or a military ship. I take it he was enumeratored on the vessel on census night? Where was the Acadian moared? If you go to the emumerators route at the start of that district it will give you the details on where the vessels were moared.

[bella46]

If this is Arcadian look on WWW.firstworldwar.com HM Transport ship launched 1917, or if it is Acadian launched in 1913 try on Museum.gov.ns.ca.
Hope this helps

[dundurn]

Acadia was a region in Canada settled by people of French origin. Many of them left for the USA settling in Louisiana, where Acadian became corrupted into Cajun.


The SS Acadian was an armed merchant cruiser built 1908 on the Clyde and torpedoed in 1918 off the coast of Cornwall. I believe she was Canadian owned.