Almeda (Schooner, 1844)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: Almeda
Also known as:: Heather Belle
Year of Build:: 1844
Major repairs:: 1852;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1854;
2. 1858
3. 1868, William Redmond, Picton, Ontario;
4. 1884

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Saint Catherines, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: L. Shickluna
Ownership Notes:: Salter, T., (1857); Salters, James, (1856-1864); Salters, William, (1860); Fraser, Donald, (1868); Ross, Walter, (1868-1869); Mather, James T., (1871-1872); Shephead, James M., (1873-1874); Shephead, Albert, (1874); Stracken, Donald, (1874); McLean, William, (1874);
Master(s):: Saulter, Janes, (1856-1857); Redmond, (1868);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Picton 9-30-1868
September 30, 1868: Port: Picton Number: 28 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt; Next document: Goderich 4-29-1884
April 29, 1884: Port: Goderich
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Almeda (1844-1868);
b. Schooner, Heather Belle (1868- )
Nationality:: Canada (1844- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1863, St. Clair River, collision and repaired, $175 loss;
2. 11/00/1869, Wellington Bay, ashore and released, (barley);

Notes

General notes:: She was valued at $3,000 in 1864;
1869, it was noted that her "rigging to be fitted"
Sources:: 1. Enrollments: Goderich, Ontario; Picton, Ontario;
2. Vessel Register: 1856, 1857, 1860, 1864;
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
4. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869, 1873;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:

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