M. B. Spaulding (Propeller, 1849)

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Identification

Vessel name:: M. B. Spaulding
Year of Build:: 1849
Rebuilt:: 1. 1857;
2. 1863, Dole & Saph, Newport, Michigan;
3. 1871;
Official Number:: 16327

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Additional vessel types:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: frederick Jones
Ownership Notes:: Palmeer, R. G., (1855); Evans,J. C., (1859); Williams, W., (1860): Roby, J., (1860); Trustees A. T.; Co., (1860); Frank, H. A., (1863-1864); Buckley, H., (1863); Richardson, T., (1864-1865); Richardson, (1864-1865); Thomas, (1864); Griffin, John B., (1866); McDonald, (1866); Kean, P. E., (1871-1878); M. B. Kean, (1871-1879);
Master(s):: Evans, W., (1856); Salesbury, O., (1859); Lathrop, M. S., (1860): Buckley, H., (1863-1864); Richardson, T., (1864-1865); Mallon, Hurh, (1866); Mallen, A., (1871): Peabody, A., (1873); Hagan, J., (1878);

Power

Number of Masts:: 1 (1849)*

Hull Dimensions

1849: Length: 152' 4" Width/Beam: 25' 2" Depth: 11' 6 + 1/2"
1857: Length: 152' Width/Beam: 25' 2" Depth: 10' 4"
1863: Length: 139' 4" Width/Beam: 26' 3" Depth: 13' 4"
1865: Length: 140.2' Width/Beam: 26.45' Depth: 13.4'

Tonnage

1849: Gross: 419 + 56/95
1857: Gross: 380 + 23/95
1863: Gross: 450 + 37/95
1865: Gross: 353.27
1866: Gross: 368.87
1871

Enrollments/Registration

April 25, 1849: Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-13-1850
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May 13, 1850: Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-16-1851
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May 16, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 43 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-26-1855
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May 26, 1855: Port: Buffalo Number: 79 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-15-1857
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August 15, 1857: Port: Buffalo Number: 137 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Buffalo 7-23-1859
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July 23, 1859: Port: Buffalo Number: 66 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-16-1860
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April 16, 1860: Port: Buffalo Number: 15 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-1-1860
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May 1, 1860: Port: Buffalo Number: 31 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online; Next document: (To be Burned)
June 1, 1863**: Port: Detroit Number: 105 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt (New)
Next document: Buffalo 7-1-1863
July 1, 1863: Port: Buffalo Number: 141 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-27-1864
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January 27, 1864: Port: Buffalo Number: 5 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-29-1864
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January 29, 1864: Port: Buffalo Number: 8 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-28-1865
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April 28, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 78 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 3-14-1866
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March 14, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 16 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Head Room Added
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1871
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
June 17, 1871: Port: Detroit Number: 91 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-9-1873
October 9, 1873: Port: Detroit Number: 47 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-25-1876
April 25, 1876: Port: Port Huron Number: 52 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-3-1878
July 3, 1878: Port: Port Huron Number: 2 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-5-1881; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, M. B. Spaulding (1849-1863);
b. Schooner, M. B. Spaulding (1863-1869);
c. Barge, M. B. Spaulding, (1869- )
Nationality:: American (1849- )
Chronology:: 1. 8/9/1850, Erie, ashore, (flour), sank and raised;
2. 10/19/1852, Toledo, capsized, (cattle), sank and raised, $7, 800 loss;
3. 9/00/1855, mouth of Buffalo Harbor, collision, repaired;
4. 10/18/1856, Buffalo, burned at dock, sank and raised;
5. 11/00/859, off Port Stanley, broke her rocking shaft and repaired, $900 loss;
5. 6/20/1860, Forester, Michigan, Lake Huron, caught on fire, burned and repaired, (lumber), $12, 000 loss;
6. 9/00/1868, Lake Huron, damaged in outfit, repaired, $400 loss;
7. 5/00/1869, Saginaw Bay, collision, (Bark, Lottie Wolf), repaired, $16, 000 loss;
8., 9/00/1873, near Malden, Detroit River, struck a rock and repaired, $800 loss;
10. 7/00/1883, Rondeau, Lake Erie, sank;

Notes

General notes:: * No masts, 1857;
**The Master Abstract gives the name "Valaparis", while the enrollment has "M. B. Spaulding;
Made a barge, 5/28/1869;
1860, she was valued at $12,000; 1873, she was valued at $7,000;1876, she was valued at $4,000;
Lytle-Holdcamper has her lost in 1860;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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