Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Rebecca (Schooner, 1842)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Rebecca
Year of Build:
1842
Major repairs:
1860, 1861;
Rebuilt:
1. 1853, Cleveland, Ohio;
2. 1854, Toledo, Ohio;
3. 1873;
Official Number:
21141
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Huron, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Fairbanks Church
Ownership Notes:
Webb, Benjamin, (1842); Door, J. R., (1842); Johnson, G., (1854); Walker, H. C., (1856-1858); Lake Navigation Co., (1858); Jewett, S.S., (1858); Hutchinson, John M., (1858); Dansion, (1860); Hatchiuron, W., Scott, (1860); Davidson, W. C., (1860-1863); Christie, William, (1864); Christle, James, 1864); Carse, J., (1864); Christle, James, 1864); Gibson, E. B., (1865-1871); Sterling, J., (1866-1869); Walton, Andrew, (1872-1873); Murdock, S., (1874); Montgomey, J. H., (1876-1878); Bartow, (1876);
Master(s):
Wagstaff, Robert, (1842); Alllen, (1845); Porter, J. H., (1854); Hutchinson, W., (1858); Danson, J. C., (1862); Christie, W., (1864); Gibson, E. B., (1865-1866); Stover, W., (1869); Walton, A., (1872-1873); Jane, D., (1874); Nelson, A., (1876); Quinn, J. E., (1878);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1842)
Hull Dimensions
1842
Length: 101' Width/Beam: 26' 2" Depth: 9' 1"
1865
Length: 111.5' Width/Beam: 23.3' Depth: 10'
Tonnage
1842
Gross: 213 + 34/95
1854
Gross: 255 + 11/95
1865
Gross: 193.25 Net: 185.87
1853
1873
Enrollments/Registration
April 23, 1842
   Port: Detroit Number: 6 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel

Next document: Toledo 6-25-1854
June 25, 1854
   Port: Toledo Number: 7 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Buffalo 5-26-1856
May 26, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 115 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-15-1858
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April 15, 1858
   Port: Buffalo Number: 14 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-21-1858
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April 21, 1858
   Port: Buffalo Number: 37 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-2-1860
April 2, 1860
   Port: Buffalo Number: 9 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-5-1862
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April 5, 1862
   Port: Buffalo Number: 19 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-20-1864
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April 20, 1864
   Port: Chicago Number: 112 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Erie 5-30-1864
May 30, 1864
   Port: Erie Number: 11 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-5-1865
April 5, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 14 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-9-1866
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April 9, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-8-1869
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April 8, 1869
   Port: Detroit Number: 13 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-20-1872
April 20, 1872
   Port: Detroit Number: 68 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 10-14-1872
October 14, 1872
   Port: Port Huron Number: 38 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-2-1872
December 2, 1872
   Port: Port Huron Number: 47 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 1-29-1873
January 29, 1873
   Port: Port Huron Number: 51 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-10-1874
April 10, 1874
   Port: Port Huron Number: 83 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-15-1874 ++
July 15, 1874
   Port: Port Huron Number: 8 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-2-1875
April 2, 1875
   Port: Port Huron Number: 34 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-16-1876
May 16, 1876
   Port: Buffalo Number: 67 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-28-1878
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March 28, 1878
   Port: Buffalo Number: 57 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-30-1878
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March 30, 1878
   Port: Buffalo Number: 58 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-30-1879
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Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner (Brig), Rebecca (1842-1873);
b. Barge, Rebecca (1873-1879)
Nationality:
American (1842-1879)
Chronology:
1. 11/5/1845, Point Abino, Lake Erie, ashore, (flour & wheat), released;
2. 4/27/1854, Hen and Chickens Shoal, Lake Erie, ashore, (corn & wheat), released;
3. 11/00/1856, Port Dalhousie, collision with four schooners, repaired, $100 loss;
4. 4/00/1860, off Fort Gratiot, collision, (Schooner, Nicaragua), repaired, $50 loss;
5. 6/12/1860, Detour Passage, struck a rock, sank, (iron ore), raised, $4, 600 loss;
6. 5/8/1868, Kelley's Island, ashore, (water lime), released;
7. 4/00/1869, Depere, Lake Michigan, burned and repaired, $500 loss;
8. 9/00/1869, Cleveland, Lake Erie, collision, (Tug, Cushing), damaged her hull and outfit, repaired;
9. 9/00/1872, Alabaster, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $800 loss, (plaster);
10. 10/29/1878, between Point Aux Barques and the Charities, Saginaw Bay, sprang a leak and sank, (stone);
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $5,800; 1871, she is just listed with no value given; 1878, she is listed as "not insurable";
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Erie Pennsylvania; Port Huron, Michigan;
Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Erie Pennsylvania; Port Huron, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878;
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. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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