Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Blue Bell (Schooner, 1844)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Blue Bell
Year of Build:
1844
Major repairs:
1857, 1861;
Rebuilt:
1. 1857, Ferrysberg;
Official Number:
2235
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Huron, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Evaline Bates
Ownership Notes:
Dupee, T., (1851); Dalton, J., (1854-1860); Datton, A., (1859); McDonald, E., (1863-1866); Millen, C. B., (1865); Kirby, T. W., (1867); Co0per, W., (1867-1868);
Master(s):
Dalton J., (1854-1857); Hull, J., (1859); Decker, W. H. k, (1863); Elliott, A., (1865); Kiry, T. W., (1867); Sppencer, N., (1867); Sullivan, J., (1868);
Power
Number of Masts:
2.(1844)
Hull Dimensions
1844
Length: 90' 6" Width/Beam: 22' 2" Depth: 8' 4"
1857*
Length: 90' 6" Width/Beam: 22' 2" Depth: 8' 4"
1865
Length: 90.5' Width/Beam: 23.3' Depth: 7.9'
Tonnage
1844
Gross: 150 + 16/95
1857
Gross: 150 + 16/95
1865
Gross: 118.77
Enrollments/Registration
August 9, 1844
   Port: Sandusky
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 9-21-1844
September 21, 1844
   Port: Buffalo Number: 62 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-3-1845
View document online
October 3, 1845
   Port: Buffalo Number: 46 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-15-1848
View document online
December 15, 1848
   Port: Buffalo Number: 93 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-4-1850
View document online
May 4, 1850
   Port: Buffalo Number: 25 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-27-1851
View document online
October 27, 1851
   Port: Detroit Number: 55 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-8-1854
May 8, 1854
   Port: Chicago Number: 47 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-5-1859
August 5, 1859
   Port: Chicago Number: 63 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-13-1859
August 13, 1859
   Port: Chicago Number: 67 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-27-1863
March 27, 1863
   Port: Chicago Number: 10 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-23-1865
March 23, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 43 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Grand Haven 10-27-1866
October 27, 1866
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 18 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 3-22-1867
March 21, 1867
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 42 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-1-1868
April 1, 1868
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 48 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Blue Bell (Belle) (1844-1868)
Nationality:
American (1844-1868)
Chronology:
1. 11/22/1845, Windmill Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 9/00/1855, Grand River, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $300 loss;
3. 10/00/1855, White Lake, Lake Michigan, ashore, (5 lives lost), released, $1, 000 loss;
4. 4/00/1858, White Lake, ashore and dismasted, (lumber), released, $1, 400 loss;
5. 7/00/1858, off Racine, Lake Michigan, capsized, (1 life lost), towed to port for repairs, $1, 000 loss;
6. 8/00/1858, Chicago, capsized, towed into port;
7. 11/00/1861, Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $200 loss;
8. 6/00/1866, Lake Michigan, damaged outfit in a gale, repaired, $2, 000 loss;
9. 10/00/1867, Grand Haven, ashore and released, $800 loss;
10. 10/5/1868, Grand Haven, ashore, laid across an old wreck), hull went to pieces, $1, 000 loss;**
Notes
General notes:
*1857, Vessel was rebuilt from keel to rail at Ferrysburg;
**1868, outfit was recovered and used in the scow, Blue Bell which was built in 1869 at Huron Michigan;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
5. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 649;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 1/22/1862;
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
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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