Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Vampire (Scow Schooner, 1868)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Vampire
Year of Build:
1868
Major repairs:
1882;
Official Number:
25735
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ashtabula, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Ezra l. Herrick
Ownership Notes:
Haskell, D., (1868-1873); Ingraham, D., (1875-1876); Humphrey, H. H., (1878); Humphrey, M., (1878); Love, G. T., (1880): Grummond, S. B., (1880-1884);
Master(s):
Larger, Jr., W., (1868); Haskell, D., (1868-1872); Parmalee, George, (1873); Ingraham, A. T., (1875); Humphrey, H. H., (1878); Pool, H., (1880): Kenworthy, L., (1880):
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1868)
Hull Dimensions
1868
Length: 112.6' Width/Beam: 24.8' Depth: 6.8'
Tonnage
1868
Gross: 143.71 Net: 136.53
Enrollments/Registration
May 11, 1868
   Port: Cleveland Number: 58 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 7-7-1868
July 7, 1868
   Port: Cleveland Number: 88 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-22-1870
April 22, 1870
   Port: Cleveland Number: 49 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-17-1872
April 17, 1872
   Port: Cleveland Number: 71 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 2-4-1875
February 4, 1875
   Port: Cleveland Number: 25 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: 4-20-1877
April 20, 1877
   Port: Cleveland Number: 30 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers lost
Next document: Toledo 4-29-1878
April 29, 1878
   Port: Toledo Number: 23 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 6-6-1878
June 6, 1878
   Port: Cleveland Number: 82 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 6-14-1879
June 14, 1879
   Port: Detroit Number: 7 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Detroit 4-14-1880
April 14, 1880
   Port: Detroit Number: 89 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-28-1880
August 28, 1880
   Port: Detroit Number: 25 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-30-1886

Next document: (Out of Commission & Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Scow Schooner, Vampire (Vampyre) (1868-1872)*
Nationality:
American (1868-1872)
Chronology:
1. 5/23/1868, Mohawk light, collision in a fog, (Schooner, Fleetwing), repaired;
2. 9/00/1868, Lake Erie, collision and repaired, $300 loss;
3. 11/00/1868, Rondeau, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $1, 900 loss;
4. 10/00/1869, Saginaw River, damaged by collision, (Barge, White Cloud), and repaired;
5. 5/21/1870, Point Pelee passage, Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie, capsized, (staves), righted and towed into port on 5/25/1870, $500
loss;
6. 4/22/1873, Chickenolee Reef, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $6, 500 loss;
Notes
General notes:
*(1869-1872) Unrigged Scow;
(1869) Vessel list has-Vampyre #25735-Schr-Scow 143.71- B-Ashtabula-Vampire #61012- Scow 143.71- B-Ashtabula;
Sometimes spelled Vampyre;
1871, she was valued at $7,000; 1884, she was valued at $2,000;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1884;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1886);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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