Henry Clay (Propeller, 1849)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 19, 1849: Port: Buffalo Number: 46 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 7-22-1850
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July 22, 1850: Port: Buffalo Number: 66 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-25-1851
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April 25, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Buffalo 5-19-1851
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May 19, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-10-1851
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June 10, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 46 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online; Next document: (lost by tempest, 1852)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Henry Clay (1849-1852)
Nationality:: American (1849-1852)
Chronology:: 1. 10/24/1851, Port Maitland, Lake Erie, capsized and sank, hull washed ashore on 10/31/1851 near the Long Point Lighthouse,
(passengers, freight and flour), (16 lives lost);
2. 11/5/1851, machinery and freight salvaged, hull was cut up (scrapped);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

Contact

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