Isaac W. Nicholas (Schooner, 1862)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Vermilion, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head (1862)
Builder Name:: Isaac W. Nicholas
Ownership Notes:: Minch, P., (1862-1873; Young, W., (1866);
Master(s):: Miller, H. C., (1862-1865); Young, W., (1866); Trenten, W., (1867); Minch, P., (1869); Edson, L,, (1870); Foster, H., (1873);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 21, 1862: Port: Sandusky Number: 16 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 5-2-1865
May 2, 1865: Port: Sandusky Number: 34 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-28-1866
April 28, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 17 of 1866
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Papers Expired
Next document: Sandusky 7-9-1866
July 9, 1866: Port: Sandusky Number: 23 of 1866
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: TR Surrendered
Next document: Sandusky 4-19-1867
April 19, 1867: Port: Sandusky Number: 13 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-15-1869
April 15, 1869: Port: Sandusky Number: 9 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-11-1870
April 11, 1870: Port: Sandusky Number: 10 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: (Vessel Lost at Sea, Nov., 1873)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Isaac W., Nicholas (1862-1873)
Nationality:: American (1862-1873)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1863, Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $15, 000 loss;
2. 8/00/1868, Middle Island, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $300 loss;
3. 8/00/1869, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore and released, $4, 530 loss;
4. 7/00/1870, Lake Huron, damaged by collision and repaired, $600 loss;
6. 4/00/1871, Chicago, bow stove in and repaired, $600 loss;
7. 5/00/1871, Cleveland, Lake Erie, collision, (Scow, Enright), and repaired, $250 loss;
7. 10/21/1873, Leamington, Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie, foundered, (iron ore), $42, 000 loss;
8. 8/20/1875, cargo of iron ore salvaged;
9. 7/6/1892, wreck was rediscovered by a Lake Survey Vessel;

Notes

General notes:: Newspapers Reported her as "J. W. Nichols", "I. W. Nichols", and "I. W. Nicholas";
Isaac W. Nicholas was an early partner of Capt. P. Minch;
1863, she was valued at $18,000; 1873, she was valued at $15,000;
She was owned in Vermilion in 1871;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

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