Kosciusko (Schooner, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: S. C. DeGrote
Ownership Notes:: Gardner, Joseph Barnard, (1850); Halley, H., (1850); Hawly, H., (1851); Lyon, R. T., (1851); Gates, Julian, H., (1859); Cornwall, D., (1864);
Master(s):: Perew, Francis, (1850); Darrow, M., (1851); Mullin, T., (1851); Hearns, J. G., (1859);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Buffalo 10-11-1847
October 11, 1847: Port: Buffalo Number: 124 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-17-1850
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June 17, 1850: Port: Cleveland Number: 35 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-24-1851
June 24, 1851: Port: Cleveland Number: 27 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-15-1851
October 15, 1851: Port: Cleveland Number: 50 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-27-1854
March 27, 1854: Port: Cleveland Number: 16 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-5-1859
May 5, 1859: Port: Cleveland Number: 23 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Kosciusko (1847- );
b. Schooner, Starlight ( - )
Nationality:: American (1847- )
Chronology:: 1. 4/5/1851, near Niagara, Lake Ontario, ashore and released;
2. 8/00/1858, Buffalo Harbor, when entering, ran into the Cairo, carrying away stanchions, bulwarks, repaired, $200 loss;
3. 8/00/1859, St. Clair Flats, collision, (Schooner, J. L. Gross), repaired, $200 loss;
4. 11/00/1859, Lake Erie, lost foresail and boom, refitted, $175 loss;
5. 5/00/1860, off Euclid, Lake Erie, lost her foremast head and repaired, $70 loss;
6. 9/00/1860, Saginaw Bay, lost foremast, split canvass and refitted, $500 loss;
7. 4/00/1861, Port Burwell, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $500 loss;
8. 9/11/1864, No. 9 at Port Stanley, ashore and released;
9. 11/26/1864, Cleveland, struck Lighthouse Pier, sank, (lumber), raised;
10. 4/23/1866, Fairport, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $800 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1863, Montreal is her home port;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1863, 1864;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 3/11/1861, 1/22/1862;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;

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