Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Champion (Schooner, 1852)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Champion
Also known as:
Ella Belle
Year of Build:
1852
Rebuilt:
1. 1861;
Official Number:
8730
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oakville, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Melancthon Simpson
Ownership Notes:
Robinson, (1857-1860); Williams, Hiram, (1861); Murray, John, (1861); Williams, Hiram, (1861); Murray, John, (1861); Striker, G., (1864); William, (1864); Murray, (1864); Rathstone, Edward, (1866); Rathstone, Hugh, (1866); Fegan, (1866); Loby, (1866); King, John, (1867); Falconer, James, (1867); Minniker, (1869);
Master(s):
Coot, R., (1857); Williams, Hiram, (1861);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1852)
Hull Dimensions
1861
Length: 89' Width/Beam: 18.2' Depth: 8'
Tonnage
1852
Gross: 141
1861
Gross: 114
1865
Gross: 94.31
Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Oakville 9-20-1861
September 20, 1861
   Port: Oakville Number: 4 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
February 10, 1871
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 7 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Foreign Wreck
Next document: Cape Vincent 6-7-1871
June 7, 1871
   Port: Cape Vincent Number: 7 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-16-1872
April 16, 1872
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 6 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 6-20-1874
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Champion (1851-1871);
b. Schooner, Ella Belle (1871-1874)
Nationality:
Canada (1851-1871); American (1871-1874)
Chronology:
1. 9/23/1860, Rondeau, Lake Erie, capsized, sank and raised;
2. 11/00/1863, Picton, Lake Ontario, hull cut by ice and repaired, $654 loss;
3. 00/00/00, Port Hope, wrecked;
4. 8/00/1873, off Sodus, Lake Ontario, sank, $3, 500 loss;
Notes
General notes:
1854, she was valued at $1,400, fore & aft schooner; 1857, she was valued at $4,000; 1864, she was valued at $2,500;
Home Port in 1854, Whitby;
She was owned at Cape Vincent, New York, in 1873;
Sources:
1. Enrollment: Oakville, Ontario;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Canadian Vessel Register: 1854, 1857, 1864;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1871-1880);
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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