Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Union
Year of Build:
1855
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Huron, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Joseph P. Arnold
Ownership Notes:
Brockeway F. T., (1855); Brockeway, Eliot, (1855); Moffatt, James, (1855-1857); Botsford, John S., (1863); Rogers, H. B., (1864); Benningon, Riley M., (1864);
Master(s):
Mosset, J., (1855); Maffett, J., (1857); Brockway, J. S., (1863); Barington, R. W., (1864);
Hull Dimensions
1855
Length: 92' Width/Beam: 18.5' Depth: 7.6'
Tonnage
1855
Gross: 116 + 28/95
Enrollments/Registration
June 12, 1855
   Port: Detroit Number: 71 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-15-1857
April 15, 1857
   Port: Detroit Number: 33 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-18-1863
April 18, 1863
   Port: Detroit Number: 58 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-19-1864
August 19, 1864
   Port: Detroit Number: 187 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 12-30-1865

Next document: (Vessel Burned & Totally Destroyed)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Union (1855-1865);
Nationality:
American (1855-1865)
Chronology:

1. 12/30/1865, Detroit, Michigan, caught fire and burned;

Notes
General notes:
She was lost in 1865;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
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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