E. C. Williams (Schooner, 1849)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Rochester, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Billet Head
Builder Name:: Hosea Rogers
Ownership Notes:: Buckley, W., (1854); Hearn, (1854-1860); Scott, (1854-1860); Rogers, Hosea, (1849);
Master(s):: Upham, Nelson, (1849); Colvin, D., (1854); Bone, (1854); Vannatta, (1861);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 23, 1849: Port: Rochester Number: 2 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-10-1854
May 10, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 108 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 8-24-1854
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August 24, 1854: Port: Erie Number: 15 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 3-19-1862; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, E. C. Williams (1849-1862)
Nationality:: American (1849-1862)
Chronology:: 1. 9/18/1854, Buffalo, Lake Erie, collision, (Steamer, Western World), (coal), sank and raised;
2. 12/5/1854, Buffalo, Lake Erie, ashore, (wheat), released;
3. 8/00/1855, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, Brigham), repaired, $200 loss;
4. 8/00/1855, Buffalo Harbor, collision, (Steamer, Southern Michigan), repaired;
5. 9/00/1859, damaged her cargo of wheat in a gale, $250 loss;
6. 5/26/1861, Erie, ashore, (in ballast), released;
7. 5/00/1861, State Line, near Erie, Lake Erie, ashore, hull went to pieces, total loss, $2, 600 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was noted as a brig in 1859; Square Stern;
1860, she was valued at $2,600;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania; Rochester, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania; Rochester, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

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