Sophia (Schooner, 1844)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Windsor, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head (A Woman)
Builder Name:: Robert Gaskin
Ownership Notes:: Gaskin, Robert, (1847-1849); Cox, Mathew B., (1847); Kidd, John, (1851); Stephens, (1854);
Master(s):: Gaskin, Robert, (1847); Kidd, Tom, (1851);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Kingston 11-00-1847
1847 November: Port: Kingston Number: 8 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Sophia (1844- )
Nationality:: Canada (1844- )
Chronology:: 1. 00/00/1850, she left the Great Lakes for England;
2. 8/15/1852, near Georgiana Bay, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $1, 500 loss;
3. 9/19/1854, 100 miles from Owen Sound, Club Island, Georgian Bay, ashore, (flour, potato, & fish);
4. 5/00/1863, St. Lawrence River, sank, $2, 780 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was black with a broad white stripe and red underbody; Figure head was a lady, blue & white;
1854, she was valued at $1,100 pounds;
1847, surveyors' certificate of measurement: 82' X 18' X 8.2';
She was finally laid up at Block Bay, at Roberts Wharf, Toronto Island, dismantled and allowed to go into decay;
Sources:: 1. Enrollment: Kingston, Ontario;
2. Canadian Vessel Register: 1854;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:

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