& Co. and captained by James A. Farquhar, Havana sank at anchor on 26 April 1906 after colliding with SS Strathcona.

[2] In 1905, under the command of Farquhar, Havana was on a salvage mission to rescue Colonial, a cable ship that had stranded off of the coast of Canso, NS.

Outfitted with a boiler, steam pumps, and wrecking apparatus, Havana successfully recovered Colonial.

[3] Anchored in Halifax harbour on the night of 26 April 1906, the wooden Havana was struck along the broadside by SS Strathcona; a steel steamship.

Eyewitness accounts compare the resulting damage to Havana as “if she were of matchwood.”[2] The ship sank in approximately 10 minutes, and no casualties were suffered.