Cecelia (Bark, 1868)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Cecelia
Year of Build:: 1868
Major repairs:: 1873;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1879;
Official Number:: 5548

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: White Lake, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Bark
Additional vessel types:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Ownership Notes:: Larson, J., (1868); Nickelson, H., (1869); Michelson, H., (1869); Ryerson, M., (1869); Michelson, (1873); Johnson, W., (1871-1878); Marshall, S., (1882); Long, J., (1883);
Master(s):: Larson, J., (1868); Wilson, J., (1869); Holly, T., (1871); Field, J., (1874-1879); Marshall, S., (1882); Smith, B. R., (1883);

Power

Number of Masts:: 3 (1868)

Hull Dimensions

1868: Length: 118.2' Width/Beam: 25.7' Depth: 8.4'

Tonnage

1868: Gross: 175.82 Net: 167.63
1879

Enrollments/Registration

September 16, 1868: Port: Chicago Number: 65 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 3-23-1869
March 23, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 183 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-12-1869
July 12, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 11 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-13-1869
July 13, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 12 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-27-1871
March 27, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 106 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-29-1871
March 29, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 112.5 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-23-1874
March 23, 1874: Port: Chicago
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Papers Issued
Next document: Chicago 4-1-1879
April 1, 1879: Port: Chicago Number: 155 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Chicago 3-29-1882
March 29, 1882: Port: Chicago Number: 48 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 1-5-1883
January 5, 1883: Port: Chicago Number: 82 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-13-1885; Next document: (Vessel wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Bark, Cecelia (1868-1878);
b. Schooner, Cecelia (1879-1885)
Nationality:: American (1868-1885)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1869, Manistee, ashore and released;
2. 5/0/1871, Chicago, collision and repaired, $200 loss;
3. 5/00/1873, Muskegon, ashore and released, $600 loss;
4. 9/13/1873, Point au Pelee, collision, (Schooner, Oriental), sank, (wheat), raised, $36, 000 loss;
5. 11/00/1883, sank and raised;
5. 9/21/1884, Bailey's Harbor, ashore and released, (lumber):
6. 9/9/1885, Jacksonport, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, ashore and vessel wrecked at Clay Banks;

Notes

General notes:: 1873, she was valued at $10,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, illinois;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1873, 1876, 1879;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1887);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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