Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Colraine
Also known as:
Commodore Foote (Foot)
Year of Build:
1854
Rebuilt:
1. 1862, Oswego, New York;
Official Number:
492
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
A. Miller
Ownership Notes:
Miller, Andrew, (1854-1860); White, Ana, (1854); White, Walter H., (1854);Kitts, W. A., (1858); White, J., (1862-1864);
Master(s):
Havens, C. D., (1854); Baldwin, W., (1856); Easton, G., (1858); Hall, R. P., (1862-1865);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1854)
Hull Dimensions
1854
Length: 105' 3" Width/Beam: 23' 3" Depth: 9' 6"
Tonnage
1854
Gross: 212 + 18/95
1862
Gross: 244 + 62/95
1865
Gross: 202.35
Enrollments/Registration
April 20, 1854
   Port: Oswego Number: 22 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 8-16-1856
August 16, 1856
   Port: Oswego Number: 37 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-3-1858
June 3, 1858
   Port: Oswego Number: 27 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-14-1862

Next document: (vessel broken up)
May 17, 1862
   Port: Oswego Number: 32 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt; Renamed
Next document: Oswego 4-19-1865
April 19, 1865
   Port: Oswego Number: 34 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Oswego 4-13-1866
April 13, 1866
   Port: Oswego
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Colerain (Colraine) (1854-1862);
b. Schooner, Commodore Foote (Foot) (1862- )
Nationality:
American (1854- )
Chronology:
1. 9/14/1860, Point Au Pelee Island, ashore, (salt, coal, & iron), released;
2. 11/24/1860, Brockville, ashore and released;
3. 9/00/1863, Lake Ontario, lost 2 men overboard;
4. 10/00/1863, Lake Erie, damaged in a gale and repaired, $240 loss;
5. 11/00/1867, Lake Huron, collision, (Schooner, Kelderhouse), sank, $22, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $5,200, rather flat with bilge pumps;
Commodore Foote was built on the bottom of the Schooner Colraine;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Oswego, New York;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
5. Vessel Register: 1860;
6. Register of the Shipping of the Lakes and River St. Lawrence, 1864, by Robert Thomas;
7. John Poole's notes;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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