Royal Oak (Schooner, 1852)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: Royal Oak
Also known as:: Fabiola
Year of Build:: 1852
Major repairs:: 1871;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1861, John Simpson & Melancthon;
2. 1872, Portsmouth,;
3. 1893;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oakville, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: Chisholm, (1854); Rowe, James, (1856-1864); Burton, (1860); Frances, Richard, (1861); Laing, William, (1861);Watson, John, (1861); Abuncombie, William, (1865-1869); Wilson, Charles, (1868-1873); Lenmon, Felix, (1870-1873); O'Mara, James, (1875-1879); Ostramler, (1890); Curry, (1892-1895); Brown, A., (1902);
Master(s):: Redding, (1852); Chisholm, (1854); Burke, James, (1855); Francis, Richard, (1861); Bates, (1900);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Whitby 9-30-1861
September 30, 1861: Port: Whitby Number: 2 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Royal Oak (1852-1876);
b. Schooner, Fabiola (1876- )
Nationality:: Canada (1852- )
Chronology:: 1. 10/6/1853, Port Burwell, ashore and released;
2. 10/29/1856, Port Stanley, struck pier, sank, (coal), raised;
3. 7/00/1869, Lake Ontario, load of lumber became waterlogged in a storm, $1, 075 loss;
4. 10/21/1900, near False Ducks, Lake Ontario, sank, $1, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: Name Changed to Fabiola, (7-21-1876); Goes to Kingston Registry; 147, (1900);
Home Ports: Whitby, (1863) (1873-1876); Picton, (1866-1871) 1890-1892); Kingston, (1878-1879).
1902, she was listed as a wrecking schooner at Quebec.
1856, she was valued at $8,000; 1860, she was valued at $3,000; 1866, she was valued at $3,000; 1878, she was valued at $7,000; 1890, she was valued at $2,500;
Sources:: 1. Enrollment: Whitby;
2. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1890, 1892, 1902;
3. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1854, 1856, 1857, 1869, 1873;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5, John Poole's notes;

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