General Franz Sigel (Bark, 1862)

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Identification

Vessel name:: General Franz Sigel
Year of Build:: 1862
Major repairs:: 1874, 1881, 1898, 1901;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1876;
Official Number:: 10217

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Black river, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: George W. Jones
Ownership Notes:: Jones, W., (1862-1866); Hall, J. B., (1863-1866); Russell, C., (1867); Russell, L., (1871-1884); Norton, (1871-1876); Winslow, C., (1872); Jones, (1872-1875); Martin, (1872-1875); Russell E. A., (1877); Chilson, C. E., (1885-1893); Chilson, C. E., (1894-1897); Chilson, W. E., (1896); Curtis, W., (1898); Curtis, W. J., (1899-1903);
Master(s):: Hall, J. B., (1862); Pratt, C., (1865); Lamb, S. S., (1866); Norton, C., (1867-1873); Norton, P., (1872); Shay, J., (1876); Roberts, C. C., (1877); Chilson, C. E., (1886-1888);

Power

Number of Masts:: 3 (1862)

Hull Dimensions

1862: Length: 136.35' Width/Beam: 26.15' Depth: 11.95'
1865: Length: 136.8' Width/Beam: 25.8' Depth: 11.5'

Tonnage

1862: Gross: 396 + 85/95
1865: Gross: 316.91 Net: 301.06
1876

Enrollments/Registration

September 8, 1862: Port: Cleveland Number: 81 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 9-16-1863
September 16, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 11 of 1863
Document Type: Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 10-26-1863
October 26, 1863: Port: Cleveland Number: 114 of 1863
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-2-1864
November 2, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 29 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 6-7-1865
June 7, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 131 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 9-24-1866
September 24, 1866: Port: Cleveland Number: 161 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-16-1867
April 16, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 50 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-28-1872
March 28, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 46 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-8-1873
April 8, 1873: Port: Cleveland Number: 64 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-1-1876
June 1, 1876: Port: Cleveland Number: 113 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Milwaukee 6-5-1877
June 5, 1877: Port: Milwaukee Number: 10 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 8-1-1877
August 1, 1877: Port: Cleveland Number: 9 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 8-1-1878
August 1, 1878: Port: Detroit Number: 1 of 1878
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Trade Changed
Next document: Cleveland 9-30-1879
September 30, 1879: Port: Cleveland Number: 34 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Trade Changed
Next document: Cleveland 4-10-1885
April 10, 1885: Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-10-1886
April 10, 1886: Port: Cleveland Number: 49 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-4-1887
March 4, 1887: Port: Cleveland Number: 32 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-18-1888
April 18, 1888: Port: Cleveland Number: 86 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-28-1892
March 28, 1892: Port: Cleveland Number: 67 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-18-1893
March 18, 1893: Port: Cleveland Number: 57 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-14-1896
March 14, 1896: Port: Cleveland Number: 41 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-23-1897
April 23, 1897: Port: Cleveland Number: 123 of 1897
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 2-16-1898
February 16, 1898: Port: Cleveland Number: 21 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-28-1903; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Bark, General Franz Sigel (1862-1876);
b. Schooner, General Franz Sigel (1876-1903)
Nationality:: American (1862-1903)
Chronology:: 1. 10/29/1862, Bois Blanc Island, Straits of Mackinac, ashore and released;
2. 11/00/1869, Marquette, collision, (Tug, Morse), repaired;
3. 7/00/1870, Lake Erie, collision, and repaired, $800 loss;
4. 11/19/1871, Vermillion, ashore, (block stone), released, $2, 130 loss;
5. 00/00/1879, Eagle Harbor, disabled and damaged, repaired, $500 loss;
6. 11/10/1898, Green Island, Lake Erie, sank, raised, (This was a false report);
7. 7/18/1903, Stony Point, Lake Erie, sank, (coal);
8. 8/3/1904, wreck dynamited and 400 tons of coal salvaged;

Notes

General notes:: 1863, she was valued at $17,000; 1873, she was valued at $12,000; 1882, she was valued at $9,000; 1894, she was valued at $2,000; 1903, she was valued at $3,500;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871,1873, 1875; 1876/ 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890,
1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1904);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

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