: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: George S. Weeks
Ownership Notes:: Walker, Henry C., (1854-1856); Bruce, K. K., (1858); Brown, William O., (1863-1866);
Master(s):: Capron, Marshall, (1854); Dixon, M. F., (1854); Robinson, W., (1858); Arthur, A. M., (1865);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 24, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 139 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-23-1856
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April 23, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 50 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-28-1858
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April 28, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 42 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-27-1860
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June 27, 1860: Port: Buffalo Number: 61 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-18-1865
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October 18, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 386 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Sunk & Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Bark, Great Western (1854- )
Nationality:: American (1854- )
Chronology:: 1. 10/3/1854, Lake Michigan, lost mast in a gale and repaired;
2. 5/00/1855, Milwaukee, collision, (Schooner, Souvenir), repaired, $1, 000 loss;
3. 6/00/1855, St. Clair River, sank, (oats), raised, cargo, $24, 000 loss, hull $1, 000 loss;
4. 11/00/1855, Lake Erie, lost anchors and chain, repaired, $1, 000 loss;
5. 8/15/1856, Lake Erie, lost mast, (railroad iron), repaired, $cargo, $300 loss, hull $500 loss;
6. 10/00/1857, Detroit River, collision, (Schooner), repaired, $500 loss;
7. 11/00/1857, Buffalo Harbor, collision, (Schooner, N. H. Farnum), repaired, $500 loss;
8. 10/00/1859, Lake Erie, sprang main and mizen masts, repaired, $300 loss;
9. 7/00/1861, Lake Michigan, lost centre board and replaced, $100 loss;
10. 10/14/1866, Racine, Lake Michigan, ashore on a reef, $38, 500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $15,000; 1866, she was valued at $14,000;
1864, beams diagonally braced with iron and new center board cases;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
5. Chicago Daily Press: 11/00/1857;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
8. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
9. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
10. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
11. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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