Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Two Fannies (Bark, 1862)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Two Fannies
Year of Build:
1862
Major repairs:
1878;
Rebuilt:
1. 1880;
Official Number:
24144
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Peshtigo, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Bark
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Figure Head
Builder Name:
George O. Spear & Thomas Spear
Ownership Notes:
Beebe, Thomas H., (1862-1865); Eldred, Mary, (1865-1874); Cary, William, (1867); Moore, Samuel, (1874-1878); Myers, C. H., (1880); Miller, Alfred, (1881-1886);
Master(s):
McDonnall, J., (1862); Moore, J. P., (1865); Carry, William, (1867-1874); Moore, Samuel, (1874-1877); Myers, C., (1880); Miller, Alfred, (1881-1890);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1862)
Hull Dimensions
1862
Length: 149.6' Width/Beam: 33.3' Depth: 12.4'
1865
Length: 152.9' Width/Beam: 33.5' Depth: 12.3'
Tonnage
1862
Gross: 654 + 36/95
1865
Gross: 492.24 Net: 467.63
1886
Enrollments/Registration
August 8, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 134 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 8-4-1865
August 4, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 453 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 10-11-1865
October 11, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 542 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 10-19-1867
October 19, 1867
   Port: Port Huron Number: 4 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-30-1867
October 30, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 121 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 3-25-1874
March 25, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 159 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-18-1877
April 18, 1877
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 55 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 11-29-1879

Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
August 6, 1880
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 16 of 1880
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-12-1880
August 12, 1880
   Port: Chicago Number: 26 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 10-9-1880
October 9, 1880
   Port: Chicago Number: 40 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-25-1881
March 25, 1881
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 67 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-17-1886
August 17, 1886
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 14 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-14-1894

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, Two Fannies (1862-1890)
Nationality:
American (1862-1890)
Chronology:
1. 00/00/1863, Elk Rapids, Grand Traverse, collision, (Bark, Adriatic), repaired;
2. 5/00/1869, Lake Michigan, collision, (Schooner, G. G. Cooper), and repaired;
3. 5/00/1869, lost her cat-heads in a jam at Chicago and replaced;
4. 11/4/1870, North Manitou, ashore and released;
5. 4/00/1871, St. Clair River, collision and repaired, $278 loss;
6. 4/21/1871, Morgans Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
7. 11/00/1879, wrecked at Elk Rapids and repaired;
8. 7/2/1884, mid-lake, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and towed into port for repairs, (coal);
9. 8/10/1890, Dover Bay, Ohio, Avon Point, Lake Erie, sprang a leak and sank, (iron ore);
Notes
General notes:
(1863,Vessel Register)-$25,000 Value-A1: (1864-Vessel Register)-$21,000 Value-A1:(1866-Vessel Register)-$19,000 Value-A1: (1873-Vessel Register) New deck in 1872- To be Examined: (1876-Vessel Register)-$12,000 Value-A2- (Three Masts are Repaired): (1878-Vessel Register)-$18,000 Value-A2- Rebuilt 1876: (1879-Vessel Register)-$16,000 Value-A2- Rebuilt 1877.
Buffalo Express: 3-31-1862: 150' Keel-33'-12'- Feet of Lumber Capacity. Enrollment- 10/11/1865, Capacity Under Deck Tonnage- 441.72 & Capacity of Upper Deck Enclosures- 50.52;
Thomas H. Beebe was the president of the Peshtigo Company;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1863, 1864, 1866, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. Buffalo Express: 3/31/1862:
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1895);
Contact
Contact
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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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