Montezuma (Schooner, 1848)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cape Vincent, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Lewis Goler
Ownership Notes:: Merick, E. G., (1848); Esselstyne, H., (1854-1866); Fowler, (1860-1866); Halsted, H. J. (1866-1871);
Master(s):: Smith, G. W., (1848); Marshall, D., (1854); Millen, James. (1865); Desonore, T., (1866); Wolcott, C, (1867); Phillips, H., (1869);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 6, 1848: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 20 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: French Creek 4-1-1851
April 1, 1851: Port: French Creek Number: 10 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: French Creek 10-26-1854
October 26, 1854: Port: French Creek Number: 27 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: French Creek 4-30-1861
April 30, 1861: Port: French Creek Number: 82 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: French Creek 4-2-1865
April 2, 1865: Port: French Creek Number: 7 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 3-15-1866
March 15, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 611 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-12-1867
April 12, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 312.5 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 3-26-1869
March 26, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 190 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Montezuma (1848-1871)
Nationality:: American (1848-1871)
Chronology:: 1. 9/26/1856, Monitous, ashore and released;
2. 10/00/1859, Point au Pelee, Lake Erie, jettisoned barrels of salt, $250 loss;
3. 5/2/1861, Chicago, collision, (Steamer, Lady Franklin), sank, (railroad ties), raised;
4. 10/00/1863, Detroit River, collision and repaired, $2, 000 loss;
5. 5/14/1866, Devil's Nose, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $800 loss;
6. 11/00/1866, Grand Haven, ashore and released, $1, 600 loss;
7. 5/00/1869, Peach Island, St. Clair River, ashore and lightered off;
8. 10/6/1871, 40 miles above Point Aux Barques, Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, collision, (Schooner, Hattie Johnson), sank, (corn),
$4, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $5000; 1871, she was valued at $9,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cape Vincent, New York; Chicago, Illinois; French Creek, New York;
2. Enrollment: Cape Vincent, New York; Chicago, Illinois; French Creek, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;

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