Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Baltic (Steamer, 1846)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Baltic
Year of Build:
1846
Major repairs:
1860, 1862;
Rebuilt:
1. 1865;
Official Number:
31044
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Additional vessel types:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Bidwell and J. W. Banta
Ownership Notes:
Kingman, M., (1847); Kingman, A. T., (1847); Tillotson, Levi, (1847-1848); Pratt, Lucius H., (1848-1856); Atwood, S. F., (1851); Edwards, Arthur, (1854-1860); Davis, J., (1855); Cobb, A., (1856); Lake Erie Transportation Company, (1856); New York & Erie Bank, (1860-1864); American Express Company, (1860-1864); Bridgegrove, J., (1864); Pridgeon, John, (1865); McAlpine, Daniel G., (1864-1872); Ballentine, J. M., (1866-1869);
Master(s):
Kingman, G. T., (1847); Cotton, L. H., (1848-1849); Ludlow, C. H., (1849); Perkins, A. D., (1850-1851); Avrill, James, M., (1854-1855); Edwards, A., (1856); McAlpine, D. G., (1864-1865); Shields, W. L., (1866); McEwen, I., (1867-1869); Van Norman, John, (1872);
Power
Number of Masts:
0 (1865)
Hull Dimensions
1847
Length: 225' Width/Beam: 30' 4" Depth: 12' 6"
1865
Length: 224.1' Width/Beam: 30.2' Depth: 12.2'
Tonnage
1847
Gross: 825 + 32/95
1865
Gross: 618.05
Enrollments/Registration
January 25, 1847
   Port: Buffalo Number: 1 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-12-1848
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April 12, 1848
   Port: Buffalo Number: 20 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1851
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April 17, 1851
   Port: Detroit Number: 17 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-19-1854
July 19, 1854
   Port: Detroit Number: 90 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-25-1855
July 25, 1855
   Port: Detroit Number: 98 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-28-1856
March 28, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-5-1856
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May 5, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 66 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-9-1860
View document online
October 9, 1860
   Port: Buffalo Number: 145 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-16-1864
View document online
June 16, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 179 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-1-1864
View document online
July 1, 1864
   Port: Detroit Number: 154 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-15-1865
August 15, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 269 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Detroit 4-18-1866
April 18, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 56 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-11-1867
April 11, 1867
   Port: Detroit Number: 49 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-20-1869
April 20, 1869
   Port: Detroit Number: 45 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-8-1873

Next document: (V'essel total loss)
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Baltic (1846-1854);
b. Propeller, Baltic (1854-1865);
c. Barge, Baltic (1865-1873)
Nationality:
American (1846-1873)
Chronology:
1. 7/29/1850, About 2 miles above Schlosser's Landing, Buffalo, ashore, sank and raised;
2. 8/15/1854, Middle Island Reef, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $2, 000 loss;
3. 5/31/1856, Point Abino, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, Cincinnati), repaired;
4. 6/20/1856, Sturgeon Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
5. 12/00/1857, Buffalo, damaged in a freshet and repaired, $500 loss;
6. 7/00/1859, Blackwell Canal, Buffalo Harbor, sand and raised, $200 loss;
7. 4/00/1861, off Buffalo, broke her wheel and returned to Buffalo for repairs, $300 loss;
8. 9/00/1861, Erie, ashore in a fog and released, $75 loss;
9. 10/00/1861, Detroit River, ashore and released, (flour and grain), $150 loss;
10. 11/00/1867, Buffalo, sank and raised;
11. 10/30/1868, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore and released, (lumber);
12. 10/00/1868, Lake Erie, broke her rudder and repaired, $600 loss;
13. 9/29/1872, off Long Point, Lake Erie, sank while in tow, (7 lives lost), (lumber), $12, 500 loss;
Notes
General notes:
1854, her rig changed to a side screw; later changed to a conventional screw; changed to a barge on 8/15/1865;
Engine: (1847-1856), High pressure, Cylinder, 35" diameter x 8' stroke; Wheels, 30' diameter;
Engine: (1856-1864), 2 High pressure, Cylinders, two, 26" diameter x 3' stroke, driving side propellers;
Engine: (1864-1872), Direct-acting, propellers, two at sides, 13' diameter;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. II;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
6. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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