Fashion (Steamer, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Algonac, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Zadock Pangborn & Abram Smith
Ownership Notes:: Lawson, F. W., (1847); Walbridge, C. W., (1852); Newberry, Henry L., (1853); Caverley, William, (1855); Raymond, John, (1855);
Master(s):: Evans, R. G., (1847-1852); Newberry, Henry L., (1853); Caverley, William, (1855);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 13, 1847: Port: Detroit Number: 37 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-22-1848
June 22, 1848: Port: Buffalo Number: 55 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-25-1849
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July 25, 1849: Port: Buffalo Number: 70 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-1-1852
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May 1, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 66 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 2-21-1853
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February 21, 1853: Port: Detroit Number: 3 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 2-26-1855
February 26, 1855: Port: Detroit Number: 12 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Fashion (1847-1856)
Nationality:: American (1847-1856)
Chronology:: 1. 11/4/1848, Dunkirk, Lake Erie, ashore, (struck the wreck of the Steamer, Columbus), sank and raised;
2. 00/.00/1849, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, Atlas), repaired, $400 loss;
3. 9/15/1853, Lake Michigan, struck by lightning and repaired;
4. 11/11/1853, Racine, struck a bar, sprang a leak and repaired, $500 loss;
5. 5/6/1854, between Kewanee and Bailey's Harbor, broke her starboard shaft and was repaired;
6. 10/1/1854, Kewaunee Reef, ashore in a fog, sank and raised;
7. 11/00/1856, Bayfield, Lake Huron, ashore, $12, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: Used as a Tugboat on Lake St. Clair and Detroit River in1855;
Lytle-Holdcamper says she was abandoned in 1857;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849;
5. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 678;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

Contact

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