Raleigh (Schooner, 1847)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Raleigh
Year of Build:: 1847
Major repairs:: 1861;
Official Number:: 21135

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Euclid Creek, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: William Treat
Ownership Notes:: Winslow,N. C., (1847-1848); Baldwin,W., (1853-1854); Town, W. H., (1856-1860); Manwaring, W., (1859); Williams, (1860); Smikth, A., (1863); Wilson, W. H., (1864); Post, J. K., (1864-1866); Maddew, Edward, (1866); Moore, William W., (1867); McElligott, John, (1868); Richards, C., (1869); Ellsworth, L, (1870); Gilford, (1871-1878); Stalker, A., (1873-1876); Chanon, H., (1879);
Master(s):: Seymour, H. W., (1847); Brown, J. J., (1853); Tyler, J. F., (1854); Town, W. H., (1856-1860); Post, J. K., (1864); Henderson, Hiram, (1866); Moore, William, (1867); McElligott, John, (1868-1869); Sheilds, W., (1870); Gilford, J., (1871); Stalker, A., (1873); Freyer, W., (1876);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1847)

Hull Dimensions

1847: Length: 106' 2" Width/Beam: 24' 10" Depth: 9' 1/4"
1865: Length: 103.6' Width/Beam: 24.1' Depth: 8.6'

Tonnage

1847: Gross: 219 + 52/95
1865: Gross: 158.28

Enrollments/Registration

April 26, 1847: Port: Cleveland Number: 28 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 3-23-1848
March 23, 1848: Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-12-1853
May 12, 1853: Port: Oswego Number: 23 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-8-1854
April 8, 1854: Port: Oswego Number: 12 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-22-1856
April 22, 1856: Port: Oswego Number: 2 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-2-1859
April 2, 1859: Port: Oswego Number: 3 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-28-1859
June 28, 1859: Port: Oswego Number: 15 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-4-1860
April 4, 1860: Port: Oswego Number: 3 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 3-7-1864
March 7, 1864: Port: Oswego Number: 12 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-25-1865
April 25, 1865: Port: Oswego Number: 46 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 7-18-1866
July 18, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 172 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-11-1867
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April 11, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 36 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-24-1868
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March 24, 1868: Port: Chicago Number: 238 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-23-1869
February 23, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 152 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-3-1870
August 3, 1870: Port: Milwaukee Number: 6 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-4-1871
March 4, 1871: Port: Milwaukee Number: 73 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-10-1873
February 10, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 123 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-27-1876
October 27, 1876: Port: Chicago Number: 15 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-25-1879; Next document: (Vessel Dismantled)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Raleigh (1847-1879)
Nationality:: American (1847-1879)
Chronology:: 1. Between Manitou Islands, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, (wheat);
2. 10/26/1850, Cleveland, ashore and released;
3. 6/24/1852, Buffalo, collision, (Schooner, Tom Lemon), repaired, $50 loss;
4. 10/00/1855, off Cleveland, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, (railroad iron), repaired, $500 loss;
5. 9/00/1857, mouth of Muskegon Harbor, Muskegon Lake, struck a wreck, sank and raised, $1, 500 loss;
6. 00/00/1862, Portage Bay at lower end of Lake Michigan, ashore and released;
7. 7/13/1863, Cedar Point, Sandusky, ashore, (railroad iron), released, $8, 500 loss;
8. 7/00/1863, Lake Ontario, ashore and released;
9. 10/00/1863, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $2, 608 loss;
10. 4/00/1866, Lake Ontario, lost deck load, repaired, $860 loss;
11. 9/00/1866, Kingston, sank and raised, $2, 780 loss;
12. 10/00/1868, Cleveland, damaged in a storm, repaired, $800 loss;
13. 5/00/1869, Chicago, damaged by collision, (Bark, British Lion), repaired;
14. 11/00/1869, Portage Bay, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $19, 500 loss, (wheat);
15. 4/00/1871, Kenosha, lost mainmast and rigging, repaired, $300 loss;
16. 9/00/1873, Chicago Harbor, collision, repaired, $200 loss;
17. 9/00/1879, Lake Michigan, dismantled;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $1500; 1871, she was valued at $4,000; 1876, she is listed as "not insurable";
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1880);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;

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