Hungarian (Bark, 1853)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Three Mile Bay, New York
Vessel Type:: Bark
Additional vessel types:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head (1853)
Builder Name:: Asa Wilcox
Ownership Notes:: Fitzhugh, H., (1853); Bardwin, W., (1858); Baldwin, William, (1860); Baldwin, H., (1863); Manwaring, (1864); Fitzgerald, A., (1864); Dall, David, (1865-1879); Dall, J. S., (1877);
Master(s):: Davis, J., (1853); Van Alstone, J. T., (1858); Fitzgerald, A., (1864); Davis, O. W., (1865); Dinn, R., (1866); Thompson, A., (1870); Dall, J. S., (1877);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 20, 1853: Port: Oswego Number: 30 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 5-7-1858
May 7, 1858: Port: Oswego Number: 20 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 3-4-1864
March 4, 1864: Port: Oswego Number: 10 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-21-1865
April 21, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 246 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-4-1866
April 4, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 651 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-27-1870
September 27, 1870: Port: Chicago Number: 41 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt, Rig Changed
Next document: Ogdensburg 6-23-1877
June 23, 1877: Port: Ogdensburg Number: 14 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 7-26-1877
July 26, 1877: Port: Chicago Number: 9 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 11-15-1880; Next document: (Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Bark, Hungarian (1853-1870);
b. Schooner, Hungarian (1870-1880)
Nationality:: American (1853-1880)
Chronology:: 1. 9/00/1855, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak, (wheat), returned to Milwaukee and repaired, $1, 500 loss;
2. 7/00/1858, lost fore topmast in a gale, refitted, $150 loss;
3. 8/00/1858, Lake Michigan, damaged cargo in a gale and repaired, $2, 400 loss;
4. 9/00/1859, off Presque Isle, collision, (unknown vessel), repaired, hull $1500, cargo $300 loss;
5. 7/00/1860, near St. Clair River, Lake Huron, ashore and released;
6. 7/00/1860, near Fort Gratiot, ashore and released, $100 loss;
7. 7/00/1863, Lake Michigan, damaged cargo, $4, 363 loss;
8. 10/00/1868, Cedar River, Lake Michigan, lost anchor and chain, repaired, $500 loss;
9. 10/00/1869, near Chicago, lost head-gear by collision, (Schooner, Lumberman), and refitted;
10. 11/(16-19)/1869, stove a hole in her bows by collision with the Muskegon Pier;
11. 4/00/1874, hull damaged in Chicago Harbor, repaired, $100 loss;
12. 10/16/1880, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, stranded;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $7,800; 1871, she was valued at $14,000; 1879, she was valued at $4,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Ogdensburg, New York; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Ogdensburg, New York; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864,1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856, 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 3/11/1861;
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1882);
9. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
10. Wright's Master Sheet;

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