Caledonia (Schooner, 1842)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: Caledonia
Year of Build:: 1842
Major repairs:: 1851, 1852, 1856, 1860, 1863;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1850, Toronto, Ontario;
2. 1870, Cobourg, Ontario;
3. 1871, Port Credit, Ontario;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Credit, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Jacob Randall
Ownership Notes:: McDonald, (1845); McMurrich, John, (1850-1854); Carruthers, Edward M, (1854); Moody, Robert, (1856-1865); Herrington, T., (1857); McCann, (1860); Shaver, B., (1863-1869); Butler, Owen, (1873); Hargraft, (1873-1876); Butler, H., (1878-1879);
Master(s):: McNeil, Daniel, (1850); Clark, L., (1853-1855); Mccorqundall, (1857);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Montreal 5-30-1850
May 30, 1850: Port: Montreal Number: 16 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Toronto 7-22-1854
July 22, 1854: Port: Toronto
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Caledonia (1842-)
Nationality:: Canada (1842- )
Chronology:: 1. 4/20/1844, Bass Islands, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 11/3/1845, Cleveland, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
3. 5/7/1851, Port Maitland, ashore and released;
4. 10/31/1851, Port Burwell, ashore and released, $700 loss;
5. 9/4/1856, Tecumseh Reef, Port Colborne, ashore, (coal), released, cargo $400 loss, hull $4, 400 loss;
6. 00/00/1856, Toronto, ashore and released, $200 loss;
7. 5/00/1860, Welland Canal, (stone), sank and raised, $1, 800 loss;
8. 9/28/1860, Oswego, ashore, (lumber), released, $1, 700 loss;
9. 10/16/1871, Gull Bar, Lake Erie, ashore and released;

Notes

General notes:: Carvel Built;
Tonnage according to the Vessel Registers is as follows: 1850, 128; 1860, 230; 1863, 152; 1873, 129; 1878, 152;
1854, she was valued at $1,100; 1864, she was valued at $3,000; 1866, she was valued at $3,500; 1876, she was valued at $4,800; 1879, she was valued at $2,500;
Sources:: 1. Enrollments: Montreal,
2. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1854, 1856, 1857, 1860, 1869, 1873;
3. Vessel Register: 1863, 1866, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
6. John Poole's notes;

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