Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Preble (Brigantine, 1842)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Preble
Year of Build:
1842
Major repairs:
1854,1868;
Official Number:
20026
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Bidwell & Jacob W. Banta
Ownership Notes:
Webster, George R., (1842); Willisms, Gibson T., (1850); Watson, S. L., (1853); Traverse, G., (1854); Eldred, A., (1855); Buckly, H., (1856-1857); Norris, G. P. (1858); Bagley, C., (1859); Norris, G. A., (1860); Trewman, W., (1861); Ellery, Thomas, A., (1863-1864); Spaulding, J., (1863-1866); Ellery, Thomas, A., (1865-1866); Elder, (1866); Geel, C., (1867); Lee, G., (1868);
Farrands, (1871); Green, G., (1870-1871); Jarrand, B.,(1873);
Master(s):
Rickcords, George, (1842); Williams, Gibson T., (1850); Traverse, G., (1853); Moore, S., (1855); Buckley, H., (1858-1859); Styore, J. L., (1861); Ellery, Thomas, A., (1863); Ellery, Thomas, A., (1865-1866); Geel, C., (1867); Mann, A., (1868); Green, G., (1870-1873);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1842)
Hull Dimensions
1842
Length: 97' 9" Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 9' 8"
1865
Length: 98.5' Width/Beam: 26.2' Depth: 9.2'
Tonnage
1842
Gross: 217 + 32/95
1865
Gross: 166.71
Enrollments/Registration
August 15, 1842
   Port: Buffalo Number: 40 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 8-11-1850
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August 11, 1850
   Port: Buffalo Number: 4 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-2-1850
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November 2, 1850
   Port: Buffalo Number: 85 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-1-1853
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February 1, 1853
   Port: Buffalo Number: 6 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-25-1853
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February 25, 1853
   Port: Buffalo Number: 18 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-28-1854
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February 28, 1854
   Port: Buffalo Number: 25 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 12-13-1855
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December 13, 1855
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 65 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-9-1856
April 9, 1856
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 21 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 2-27-1857
February 27, 1857
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 40 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-18-1858
May 18, 1858
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 15 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-30-1859
August 30, 1859
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 16 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-2-1861
April 2, 1861
   Port: Detroit Number: 14 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-14-1863
April 14, 1863
   Port: Detroit Number: 41 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1865
April 17, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 39 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 4-27-1866
April 27, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 74 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-12-1867
April 12, 1867
   Port: Port Huron Number: 17 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-16-1868
May 16, 1868
   Port: Detroit Number: 73 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 8-23-1870
August 23, 1870
   Port: Port Huron Number: 15 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-15-1871
April 15, 1871
   Port: Port Huron Number: 73 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-8-1873
April 8, 1873
   Port: Port Huron Number: 65 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 11-5-1877

Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
History
Classification:
a. Brigantine, Preble (1842-1872)
Nationality:
American (1842-1872)
Chronology:
1. 11/10/1845, Buffalo, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 10/00/1852, Middle Island, Lake Huron, jetted 13 tons or iron and released, $800 loss;
3. 11/21/1852, Sandusky, ashore, (railroad iron), released, $350 loss;
4. 5/9/1855, Buffalo, Damaged and repaired, $500 loss;
5. 10/00/1857, near Chicago, cut away foremast and lost head gear, repaired, $1, 200 loss;
6. 10/00/1857, Chicago, lost foremast and repaired, $1, 100 loss;
7. 12/00/1858, Lake Michigan, damaged sails and rigging, refitted, $500 loss;
8. 6/00/1861, Lake Erie, lost a man overboard;
9. 7/00/1869, Lake Huron, jetted her cargo of iron ore in a storm, $5, 500 loss;
10. 10/00/1870, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $800 loss;
11. 11/1/1874, above Maitland, near Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore, (lumber), hull went to pieces;
12. 11/9/1874, Schooner, Uncle Tom was stripping her of valuables;
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $3,000; 1871, she was valued at $6,000; 1873, she was valued at $4,500 and standing keel was rebuilt 1868;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 1/22/1862;
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1880);
10. Chicago Daily Press: 11/00/1857;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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