James Catchpole (Schooner, 1857)

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Identification

Vessel name:: James Catchpole
Year of Build:: 1857
Major repairs:: 1860, 1870, 1879;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1860;
Official Number:: 12754

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Big Sodus, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: Dovill, H., (1857-1864); Catchpole, R. A., (1860-1864); Clark, I., (1863); Reddick, (1864); Simms, Thomas, (1865-1866); Flack, J., (1866-1870); Flack, W., (1873-1877); Burton, A., (1879);
Master(s):: Doyill, H., (1857); Clark, J., (1860); Reddick, A. (1864); Flack, J., (1865-1866); Flack, W., (1867-1877); Burton, A., (1879);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1857)

Hull Dimensions

1859: Length: 98' 6" Width/Beam: 23' 5" Depth: 8' 4"
1865: Length: 100' Width/Beam: 24' Depth: 8'

Tonnage

1857: Gross: 173 + 52/95
1860: Gross: 173 + 52/95
1865: Gross: 129.44

Enrollments/Registration

October 9, 1857: Port: Oswego Number: 38 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 5-25-1860
May 25, 1860: Port: Oswego Number: 19 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Oswego 4-27-1863
April 27, 1863: Port: Oswego Number: 31 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-7-1864
July 7, 1864: Port: Oswego Number: 52 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-8-1864
August 8, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 272 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-21-1865
March 21, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 27 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 3-21-1866
March 21, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 621 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-5-1867
April 5, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 281 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-31-1870
March 31, 1870: Port: Chicago Number: 151 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-4-1877
April 4, 1877: Port: Chicago Number: 26 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-28-1879
March 28, 1879: Port: Chicago Number: 44 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-30-1880; Next document: (Vessel lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, James Catchpole (1857-1880)
Nationality:: American (1857-1880)
Chronology:: 1. 10/8/1858, Long Point Cut, Lake Erie, ashore (wheat) released, $300 loss;
2. 10/00/1864, Kenosha, ashore and released, $250 loss;
3. 10/00/1869, Chicago, damaged by collision, (unknown Propeller), and repaired;
4. 5/00/1873, Lake Michigan, collision and repaired, $200 loss;
5. 6/00/1873, Chicago, collision and repaired, $275 loss;
6. 6/00/1874, jib boom carried away in a collision at Chicago and repaired, $100 loss;
7. 00/00/1880, vessel lost;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $5,000; 1871, she was valued at $6,000; 1879, she was valued at $1,800;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1882);
8. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
9. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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