Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Iowa (Schooner, 1854)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Iowa
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head (1854)
Builder Name:
Peck & Masters
Ownership Notes:
Shephard, B. S., (1854); Allen, J. W., (1856);
Master(s):
McCleming, T., (1854);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1854)
Hull Dimensions
1854
Length: 135' 4" Width/Beam: 25' 11" Depth: 11' 3"
Tonnage
1854
Gross: 367 + 49/95
Enrollments/Registration
September 4, 1854
   Port: Chicago Number: 100 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-13-1856
June 13, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 136 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online

Next document: (Vessel Lost in 1856)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Iowa (1854-1856)
Nationality:
American (1854-1856)
Chronology:
1. 7/3/1855, St. Clair Flats, collision while being towed, (Brig Arabia), repaired;
2. 7/3/1855, St. Clair Flats, struck sunken anchor, put a hole in the bottom, repaired, $3, 500 loss;
3. 9/00/1855, Lake Huron, lost bow sprint and jib boom in a gale, (corn), repaired, $200 loss;
4. 11/10/1856, Lake Michigan, collision, (sank Bark, Ayer), sank, (wheat), (9 lives lost), cargo $19000 loss, hull $14, 000 loss;
Notes
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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