Dauntless (Schooner, 1857)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: B. B. Jones
Ownership Notes:: Walker, Henry C., (1857); Watson, S. V. R., (1857-1865); Barms, J. S., (1858); Doyle, William, (1866-1869);
Master(s):: Bonner, H., (1857); Chamberlin, C., (1858); Vance, W., (1860); Rock, D., (1865); Gibbs, J. H., (1866); Fagin, T., (1869-1870);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 14, 1857: Port: Buffalo Number: 76 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-26-1858
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April 26, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 37 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-18-1860
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April 18, 1860: Port: Buffalo Number: 16 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-13-1865
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April 13, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 24 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-21-1866
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April 21, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 713 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-28-1866
April 28, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 722 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-28-1869
July 28, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 21 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-21-1870
March 21, 1870: Port: Chicago Number: 135 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Dauntless (1857- )
Nationality:: American (1857- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1858, St. Clair River, collision, (Bark, Ocean Wave), repaired, $100 loss;
2. 11/00/1859, Point aux Barques, lost anchor and part of her chain, replaced, $400 loss;
3. 5/00/1860, off Waukegan, Lake Michigan, lost bowsprit, sprang foremast, split canvass in a gale and repaired, $750 loss;
4. 7/00/1861, St. Clair Flats, collision, (Schooner, Convoy), repaired, $250 loss;
5. 9/00/1862, Bois Blanc Island, ashore and released;
6. 9/00/1863, St. Clair Rapids, collision and repaired, $420 loss;
7. 10/00/1866, St. Clair River, collision and repaired, $300 loss;
8. 11/00/1870, Martins Reef, St. Martin's Island, Lake Huron, ashore, wrecked, (vessel stripped and abandoned), $15, 000
loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1857, built for Lake Navigation Company;
1860, she was valued at $14,000; 1866, she was valued at $10,500;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
3. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1964, 1866, 1871;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 3/11/1861, 1/22/1862;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8 U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);

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