Despatch (Tug (Towboat), 1842)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Hamilton, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: Wild, W., (1851-1853); Wyld, W., (1856-1860); Irwin, G., (1858); Wilde, W., (1859); Jerome, (1860);
Master(s):: Wild, W., (1851-1853); Wyld, G., (1856); Hyde, W., (1858); Wilde, W., (1859);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

November 28, 1851: Port: Detroit Number: 65 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Condemned***
Next document: Detroit 11-29-1851
November 29, 1851: Port: Detroit Number: 66 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Property
Next document: Detroit 11-8-1852
November 8, 1852: Port: Detroit Number: 118 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 1-21-1853
January 21, 1853: Port: Detroit Number: 2 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-3-1853
April 3, 1853: Port: Detroit Number: 24 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-8-1856
April 8, 1856: Port: Detroit Number: 20 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-11-1858
June 11, 1858: Port: Detroit Number: 82 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 2-19-1859
February 19, 1859: Port: Detroit Number: 1 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Steamer (Tug), Dispatch (1842-1851)*;
b. Steamer (Tug), Despatch (1851-)
Nationality:: Canada (1842-1851); American (1851-1860)
Chronology:: 1. 9/00/1848, Mohawk Reef, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 11/29/1848, Turkey Point, Long Point, Lake Erie, collision, (sank Propeller, Commerce), (38 lives lost), repaired;
3, 5/00/1850, off Grand River, collision, (sank Steamer, Commerce), and repaired;
4. 9/00/1857, St. Clair Flats, collision, (Schooner, Governor Steel), cabin destroyed and repaired, $300 loss;
5. 7/00/1858, Detroit River, damaged machinery and repaired, $600 loss;
6. 11/00/1858, St. Clair Flats, collision, (Schooner, Alnwick), repaired, $200 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *(1842-1851), Canadian listing Dispatch; (1851-1859), U.S. listing Despatch.
**Was rebuilt at or near Long Point in Canada in1848;
***Condemned for violation of law by U.S. District Court;
She was valued at $4,000, in 1860 and noted as a tug;
11/13/1860, she was sold to Jerome of Detroit to be rebuilt;
Lytle-Holdcamper says she was abandoned in 1859, and broken up at Chatham in 1860;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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