Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Charles K. Nims
Year of Build:
1866
Rebuilt:
1. 1879;
Official Number:
4271
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Bark
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Figure Head (1866)
Builder Name:
Quayle & Martin
Ownership Notes:
Nims, Sarah E., (1866); Nims, O. L., (1866); Donaldson, D., (1871-1881);
Master(s):
Hammond, Benjamin,(1866); Reardon, J. J., (1871-1879);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1866)
Hull Dimensions
1866
Length: 163.1' Width/Beam: 32.6' Depth: 13.2'
1879
Length: 163.1' Width/Beam: 32.6' Depth: 13'
Tonnage
1866
Gross: 514.39
1879
Gross: 493.29
Enrollments/Registration
April 18, 1866
   Port: Cleveland Number: 3 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-8-1866
May 8, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 104 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-25-1871
View document online
October 25, 1871
   Port: Buffalo Number: 61 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-29-1872
View document online
April 29, 1872
   Port: Buffalo Number: 127 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1879
View document online
April 24, 1879
   Port: Buffalo Number: 40 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed, Tonnage Changed
Next document: Buffalo 5-17-1881
View document online
May 17, 1881
   Port: Buffalo Number: 78 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-20-1881
View document online

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, Charles K. Nims (1866-1879);
b. Schooner, Charles K. Nims (1879-1881)
Nationality:
American (1866-1881)
Chronology:
1. 5/00/1869, Chicago, bow damaged in a collision and repaired, $175 loss;
2. 10/00/1869, Lake Erie, damaged by collision, (Bark, City of Milwaukee), and repaired;
3. 5/27/1871, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
4. 11/12/1879, Point Abino, ashore and released;
5. 9/10/1881, Bar Point, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, David Dows), sank;
6. 10/16/1882, wreckers were working on her and she was abandoned on 10/18/1882;
Notes
General notes:
1873, she was valued at $25,000,32,000 bushel capacity;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1873;
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: (1868-1882);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
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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