Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Nucleus (Bark, 1848)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Nucleus
Year of Build:
1848
Rebuilt:
1. 1863, Firman & Merrill;
Official Number:
18103
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Bark
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Samuel Parman*
Ownership Notes:
Sweet, Hanson, (1848); Mitchell, Alexander, (1850); King, H. A., (1852); Strong, H. N., (1852); Nickles, D. A., (1853); Gilchrist, Charles,(1853); Owen, John, (1855); Brewster, W., (1857); Buch, L. H., (1859); Reid, J. S., (1861); Kirby, A., (1863-1864); Carpenter, W. O., (1864-1865); Moor, S., (1867);
Master(s):
Robinson, W. D., (1848-1850); Singleman, R., (1852); Cochran, Robert, (1853); Coyne, Hugh, (1855); Sophen, A., (1857); Buch, L. H., (1859); McPhuson, W., (1861); Kynaston, W., (1863-1864); Johnson, William, (1865); Moor, S., (1867);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1848)
Hull Dimensions
1848
Length: 140' Width/Beam: 25' 5" Depth: 9' 10 1/2"
Tonnage
1848
Gross: 329 + 55/95
1863
Gross: 375 + 36/95
1865
Gross: 297.04
Enrollments/Registration
October 26, 1848
   Port: Chicago Number: 73 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 2-5-1850
February 5, 1850
   Port: Chicago Number: 5 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 1-10-1852
January 10, 1852
   Port: Detroit Number: 1 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-21-1853
April 21, 1853
   Port: Detroit Number: 48 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-4-1855
May 4, 1855
   Port: Detroit Number: 41 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-18-1857
March 18, 1857
   Port: Chicago Number: 7 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-18-1859
October 18, 1859
   Port: Chicago Number: 84 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-10-1860
April 10, 1860
   Port: Chicago Number: 17 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-2-1861
May 2, 1861
   Port: Chicago Number: 39 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-27-1863
April 27, 1863
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 77 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Chicago 5-14-1864
May 14, 1864
   Port: Chicago Number: 169 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-8-1865
April 8, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 152 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-3-1867
April 3, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 275 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Bark, Nucleus (1848- )
Nationality:
American (1848- )
Chronology:
1. 00/00/1854, Saginaw Bay, collision, (sank Steamer, Detroit), repaired;
2. 10/00/1855, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak in a gale, damaged cargo and repaired, (wheat);
3. 5/00/1858, a man fell from aloft and was killed;
4. 10/(7-9)/1858, Bailey's Bay, Lake Michigan, (lumber), ashore and released, $4, 100 loss;
5. 4/00/1860, Niagara River, near Buffalo, cut through by ice and sank, raised, $800 loss;
6. 8/00/1860, St. Clair River, sprang a leak and repaired, (wheat), $700 loss;
7. 12/00/1867, Green Point, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $700 loss;
8. 6/00/1869, Marquette, sprang a leak and sank, towed to Detroit for repairs, $8, 000 loss;
9. 7/00/1869, Lake Superior, dismasted and replaced, $1, 500 loss;
10. 7/00/1869, Lake Michigan, dismasted and replaced, $600 loss;
11. 9/00/1869, Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, sprang a leak and sank, total loss, $30, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
*1864 vessel register gives Firman & Merrill as the builders;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856, 3/11/1861;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 3/11/1861;
6. 8. 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. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
9. Register of the Shipping of the Lakes and River St. Lawrence, 1864, by Robert Thomas
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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