Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Roscius (Brigantine, 1848)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Roscius
Year of Build:
1848
Major repairs:
1868, 1871, 1873, 1878, 1882, 1889;
Rebuilt:
1. 1863, Charles O. Blackburn, Port Robinson;
2. 1877;
3. 1885;
4. 1888;
Official Number:
21182
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Additional vessel types:
Barge; Schooner; Sloop
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Figure Head**
Builder Name:
George Washington Jones
Ownership Notes:
Jones, B. B., (1848); Barney, A. H., (1850); Hubson, E. W., (1853); Whitcomb, W. M., (1854); Owen, J., (1855); Brewster, W., (1857); Burch, Ira H., (1859-1860); Halsted, H. S., (1861); Blackburn, M., (1863-1866); Halstead, H. S., (1863); Young, B. T., (1866); Young, J., (1867-1868); Finn, Edward, (1870-1875); Grummond, S. B., (1877-1878); Brown, R. R., (1878-1879); Kitchell, W., (1881); Mitchell, William, (1882-1888); Pierce, William E., (1887-1888); King, G. W., (1888-1893); Angall, H., (1896); Strang, John, (1896);
Master(s):
Seymour, H. W., (1848); Robertson, L. C., (1853); Hawkins, H., (1854); Randale, W., (1855); Brewster, W., (1857); Doherty, T., (1859); Blackburn, Charles O., (1861-1865); Foster, J., (1866-1868); Young, J., (1867); Finn, C., (1870); Finn, Edward, (1871-1872); Brown, R. R., (1878): McCarty, H. H, (1881); Yonyan, N., (1883-1885); Hall, James, (1888); King, F. W., (1891);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1848)*
Hull Dimensions
1848
Length: 131' 2" Width/Beam: 25' 1 1/2" Depth: 10' 1/2"
1863
Length: 130.4' Width/Beam: 24.7' Depth: 10.5'
1865
Length: 128.9' Width/Beam: 25.7' Depth: 9.8'
1877
Length: 128.9' Width/Beam: 25.2' Depth: 11.5'
Tonnage
1848
Gross: 308 + 28/95
1863
Gross: 315 + 59/95
1865
Gross: 227.88 Net: 216.49
1877
Gross: 227.88 Net: 216.49
1885
1888
Enrollments/Registration
April 25, 1848
   Port: Cleveland Number: 33 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 7-9-1850
July 9, 1850
   Port: Cleveland Number: 45 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-7-1853
March 7, 1853
   Port: Detroit Number: 5 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-8-1854
June 8, 1854
   Port: Detroit Number: 71 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-28-1855
May 28, 1855
   Port: Detroit Number: 59 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-19-1857
March 19, 1857
   Port: Chicago Number: 9 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-26-1859
September 26, 1859
   Port: Chicago Number: 78 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-17-1861
July 17, 1861
   Port: Chicago Number: 73 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 1-8-1863
January 8, 1863
   Port: Chicago Number: 2 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-12-1863
May 12, 1863
   Port: Chicago Number: 131 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Chicago 6-9-1865
June 9, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 380 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 7-9-1866
July 9, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 11 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-27-1867
March 27, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 258 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-28-1867
March 28, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 263 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-13-1868
February 13, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 185 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-12-1870
March 12, 1870
   Port: Chicago Number: 128 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-5-1871
July 5, 1871
   Port: Chicago Number: 3 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-5-1871
July 5, 1871
   Port: Chicago Number: 4 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 7-15-1872
July 15, 1872
   Port: Erie Number: 1 of 1872
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 7-26-1872
July 26, 1872
   Port: Chicago Number: 18 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 5-5-1877
May 5, 1877
   Port: Detroit Number: 66 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Altered to a Barge
Next document: Detroit 6-8-1878
June 8, 1878
   Port: Detroit Number: 105 of 1878
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-3-1878
July 3, 1878
   Port: Buffalo Number: 1 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 4-14-1881
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April 14, 1881
   Port: Port Huron Number: 84 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-24-1883
April 24, 1883
   Port: Port Huron Number: 85 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-6-1885
July 6, 1885
   Port: Port Huron Number: 1 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Sloop
Next document: Port Huron 2-25-1886
February 25, 1886
   Port: Port Huron Number: 44 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-7-1887
April 7, 1887
   Port: Port Huron Number: 96 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-7-1888
April 7, 1888
   Port: Port Huron Number: 128 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-5-1888
July 5, 1888
   Port: Port Huron Number: 2 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 1-30-1891
January 30, 1891
   Port: Port Huron Number: 60 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-20-1896
April 20, 1896
   Port: Port Huron Number: 70 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-27-1896
October 27, 1896
   Port: Cleveland Number: 33 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-29-1900

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Brig., Roscius (1848-1877);
b. Barge, Roscius (1877-1885);
c. Sloop, Roscius (1885-1888);
d. Schooner, Roscius (1888-1900)
Nationality:
American (1848-1900)
Chronology:
1. 9/00/1849, Cleveland, collision, (Propeller, Detroit, Schooner, Breeze, Schooner, William), repaired;
2. 8/26/1853, Lake Huron, sprang a leak, (lumber), repaired, $500 loss;
3. 9/15/1853, Milwaukee, got into port with the loss of her fore mast and repaired;
4. 9/00/1854, Detroit River, ashore on a reef, sank, (stone), raised, $1, 500 loss;
5. 10/00/1855, Oswego Harbor, collision, (Schooner, Bell Sheridan), repaired, $2, 500 loss;
6. 7/5/1858, East Sister Reef, ashore, (wheat), released, $1, 500 loss;
8. 10/10/1859, Detroit River, St. Clair Flats, ran on her anchor, sank and raised, $530 loss;
9. 7/00/1860, Lake Huron, ashore and released, (coal), $200 loss;
10. 9/00/1860, off Port Dover, sprang a leak and returned to Buffalo for repairs, $300 loss;
11. 10/00/1863, Lake Michigan, threw over some cargo in a gale, $4, 821 loss;
12. 4/00/1868, Chicago, collision with a pier, repaired, $300 loss;
13. 9/00/1869, Lake Erie, lost her jibboom, bowsprit and head gear by collision and repaired, $400 loss;
14. 10/00/1870, Lake Michigan, damaged outfit, repaired, $200 loss;
Notes
General notes:
*1 mast (1877-1888); She had 2 masts in 1888;
**1877, plain head;
1860, she was valued at $4,000; 1871, she was valued at $6,000; 1879, she was valued at $2,000; 1890, she was valued at $4,000; 1893, she was valued at $4,800;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Erie,Pennsylvania; Port Huron,
Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Erie,Pennsylvania; Port Huron,
Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887,
1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1900);
10. Wright's Master Sheet;
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Contact
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