New York (Brigantine, 1846)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Clayton, New York
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: John Oades
Ownership Notes:: Merick, E. G., (1846-1851); Gowler, John M., (1851); Esstsyn, Henry, (1851); Fowler,J. A., (1855); Oades, John, (1864); Radcliff, (1869);
Master(s):: Miner, J., (1846);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 1, 1846: Port: French Creek Number: 9 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel; Next document: French Creek 4-1-1851
April 1, 1851: Port: French Creek Number: 4 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: French Creek 4-2-1855
April 2, 1855: Port: French Creek Number: 32 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt

History

Classification:: a. Brig., New York (1846- )
Nationality:: American (1846- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/12/1847, Point Au Sable, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, (wheat);
2. 9/19/1854, off Long Point, Lake Erie, struck by a squall, lost main mast, top gallant yard, split sails, and repaired;
2. 9/00/1855, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak in a gale and put back to Detroit for repairs, (coal), $600 loss;
3. 11/00/1857, Detroit River, collision, (Schooner, Autocrat), repaired, $200 loss;
4. 11/00/1857, Detroit River, collision, (Schooner W. S. Scott), lost head gear and repaired, $50 loss;
5. 11/00/1859, Port Austin, ashore and jettisoned deck load and released, (lumber), $700 loss;
6. 10/00/1869, Kingston, Lake Ontario, damaged by collision, (Bark, Arabia), and repaired, $500 loss;
7. 10/00/1873, near Oswego, Lake Ontario, sank, $11, 800 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1864, she was valued at $6,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: French Creek, New York;
2. Enrollment: French Creek, New York;
3. Vessel Register: 1864;
4. Chicago Daily Press: 11/00/1857;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. 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. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;
9. John Poole's notes;

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