Lizzie Throop (Schooner, 1849)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: (Mill Point) Grand River, Michigan*
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: John O'Connor
Ownership Notes:: Gilbert, F. R., (1850); Gilbert, J. B., (1852); Flood, P., (1857-1864); Wood, E., (1862); Wood, Lawence, (1863-1866); Lawrence,J., (1865); McNamara, J., (1866-1871); Williams, W., (1872); Murray, J., (1873);
Master(s):: Clesddesdell, Robert, (1852); Flood, P., (1857); Hathaway, J., (1862); Olsen, John, (1865); McNamara, J., (1866); Murray, J., (1873);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 30, 1850: Port: Detroit Number: 47 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 9-1-1852
September 1, 1852: Port: Detroit Number: 103 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-25-1857
June 25, 1857: Port: Chicago Number: 77 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-29-1862
July 29, 1862: Port: Chicago Number: 131 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-1-1865
April 1, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 94 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-9-1866
April 9, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 665 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-23-1872
September 23, 1872: Port: Chicago Number: 68 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-1-1873
March 1, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 157 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-31-1874; Next document: (Total Wreck of Vessel)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Lizzie Throop (1849- )
Nationality:: American (1849- )
Chronology:: 1. 4/28/1854, Chicago, Lake Michigan, struck breakwater and repaired, $2, 100 loss;
2. 11/6/1854, Grand Haven, ashore and released, $5, 000 loss;
3. 5/00/1861, off Kenosha, lost foremast and jibbooms, split gaff and topsail in a squall, refitted, $250. loss;
4. 9/00/1873, near Muskegon, ashore and released, $1, 300 loss;
5. 10/00/1873, near South Haven, ashore, $4, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *U.S. Merchant Vessels say she was built at Grand Haven, Michigan;
1860, she was valued at $2,500; 1866, she was valued at $2,000; 1873, she was valued at $2,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864,1866, 1871, 1873;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

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