Montezuma (Brigantine, 1847)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Montezuma
Year of Build:: 1847
Major repairs:: 1861;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1860, Miller & Hood, Chicago, Illinois;
Official Number:: 16397

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Michigan City, Indiana
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head (1848),
Cut Water Head (1865)
Builder Name:: H. C. Deputy
Ownership Notes:: Holt, (1860); Owen, J., (1861-1864); Eldred, D. M., (1864-1871); Anderson, J., (1866): Hotland, J., (1869); Cochran, R., (1870-1871); McAvoy, E., (1871);
Master(s):: Moore, S., (1861); Burnes, J., (1863); Barnes, J., (1864-1865); Anderson, J., (1864-1866); Cochran, J., (1870); McAvoy, L., (1871);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1848)

Hull Dimensions

1848: Length: 123' 6" Width/Beam: 25' 11" Depth: 9' 8"
1865: Length: 123' Width/Beam: 25.9' Depth: 9.53'

Tonnage

1848: Gross: 284 + 63/95
1865: Gross: 226.61

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Buffalo 7-22-1848
July 22, 1848: Port: Buffalo Number: 64 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-24-1848
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October 24, 1848: Port: Buffalo Number: 84 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-21-1848
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December 21, 1848: Port: Chicago Number: 79 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-19-1850
June 19, 1850: Port: Chicago Number: 41 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-11-1854
March 11, 1854: Port: Chicago Number: 13 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-11-1854
March 11, 1854: Port: Chicago Number: 14 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-3-1858
August 3, 1858: Port: Chicago Number: 53 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-5-1859
April 5, 1859: Port: Chicago Number: 8 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-20-1861
May 20, 1861: Port: Detroit Number: 48 of 1861
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-8-1863
June 8, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 1 of 1863
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-22-1863
September 22, 1863: Port: Detroit Number: 183 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-8-1864
March 8, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 20 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-11-1865
April 11, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 171 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 12-26-1866
December 26, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 170 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-26-1869
April 26, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 251 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-30-1870
April 30, 1870: Port: Chicago Number: 197 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-2-1871
March 2, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 85 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-2-1871
March 2, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 86 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Brig., Montezuma (1848- )
Nationality:: American (1848- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/1/1851, Buffalo, collision, (Steamer, Empire), repaired, $550 loss;
2. 5/11/1851, Malden, collision, (Propeller, Lady of the Lake), sank and raised, (corn and flour);
3. 11/00/1868, Plum Island, Green Bay, ashore and released, $800 loss;
4. 4/25;/1871, 9 miles north of Two Rivers, ashore and released, $1, 100 loss;
5. 10/00/1871, Lake Huron, lost cargo of lumber overboard, repaired, $820 loss;
6. 9/00/1872, Port Stanley, sank, (lumber), (some lives lost), $14, 700 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $2,800; 1871, she was valued at $4,000;
1861, Miller & Hood did major repairs on her;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. John Poole's notes;
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Email:[email protected]
Website:

https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:

75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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