Diamond (Steamer, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: J. W. Banta
Ownership Notes:: Sherman, Jewett, (1847); Kinne, (1847); Imson, Jacob, (1847); Walbridge, George G., (1848-1857); Dana, W., (1855); Hudson, E. W., (1858-1865);
Master(s):: Trowbridge, Ben, (1848); Miller, F. S., (1849); Huff, J. H., (1852); Imson, Jacob, (1855); Jones, J. G., (1855); Dana, W., (1855); Warrner, E. B., (1858);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 7, 1847: Port: Buffalo Number: 37 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-3-1848
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April 3, 1848: Port: Buffalo Number: 7 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-11-1851
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November 11, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 88 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-25-1852
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March 25, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 27 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-16-1855
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April 16, 1855: Port: Detroit Number: 23 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-11-1855
August 11, 1855: Port: Detroit Number: 103 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-10-1858
April 10, 1858: Port: Detroit Number: 27 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Diamond (1847-1861)
Nationality:: American (1847-1861)
Chronology:: 1. 4/00/1848, Lake Erie, picked up the disabled Steamer, Oregon, in a gale and towed her to Cleveland, Ohio;
2. 7/28/1852, Grand Island, Niagara River, struck a rock in a fog, sank and raised, $800 loss;
3. 11/00/1852, Dunkirk, struck the piers in a gale and repaired, $600 loss;
4. 11/17/1861, vessel raised and machinery taken out with the intention to convert to a sail vessel;
5. 11/22/1861, vessel sank but will be raised again;

Notes

General notes:: 1859, she served as a tug boat;
Machinery: high pressure engine;
Lytle-Holdcamper says she was abandoned in 1860;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York, Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York, Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

Contact

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