Briton (Propeller, 1891)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Steel
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio
Ownership Notes:: Hanna, M. A., (1891); Hanna, L. C., (1891); Menominee Transportation Company, (1891-1898);
Pittsburg Steamship Company, (1998-1917); National Steamship Company, (1899); U. S. Shipping Board, (1917-1918); Woodward, E. A., (1917); Charleston Steamsip Company,(1919-1920); International Steamship Companyl, (1920-1923); Buckeye Steamship Company, (1923-1929); intercoast Steamship Company, (1923); Buckeye Steamship Companmy, (1923);
Master(s):: Stone, James A., (1891); Gotham, N. W., (1891);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

March 31, 1891: Port: Cleveland Number: 72 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-28-1891
April 28, 1891: Port: Cleveland Number: 96 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Duluth 6-6-1901
June 6, 1901: Port: Duluth Number: 113 of 1901
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 2-8-1904
February 8, 1904: Port: Duluth Number: 49 of 1904
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers Changed
Next document: Duluth 2-8-1906
February 8, 1906: Port: Duluth Number: 74 of 1906
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers Changed
Next document: Duluth 1-9-1914; Next document: (New form); Next document: (End of abstracts)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Briton (1890-1929)
Nationality:: American (1890-1929)
Chronology:: 1. 10/4/1908, Bar Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 6/10/1923, she returned to the Great Lakes by being cut in two and rebuilt;
3. 11/13/1929, Point Abino, Lake Erie, ashore and hull broke up, (wheat);

Notes

General notes:: She was hull #39;
1918 she was sold to U.S. Shipping Board, cut in two and taken to the coast;
She had a double bottom and a iron boiler house;
She was valued at $200,000, in 1893; $145,000, in 1898;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstract: Cleveland, Ohio; Duluth, Minnesota;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Duluth, Minnesota
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. Naval Architectural Drawings: American Ship Building Co. & Predecessors, (1867-1920);

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