Fire Fly (Schooner, 1816)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Fire Fly
Year of Build:: 1816
Rebuilt:: 1. 1817, Detroit, Michigan;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Schenectady, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: Hammond, Joseph, (1816); Hunt, Henry I., (1818-1825); Norton, Daniel, (1818); Larned, Benjamin F., (1818); Larned, George R., (1818-1819);
Master(s):: Hammond, Joseph, (1816); Norton, David D., (1817-1819); Robinson, John, (1819); Rupley, John F, (1820); Harvey, Luther, (1820-1827); Winch, Benjamin S., (1822); Hunt, Henry I., (1825); Pratt, (1828);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1816)

Hull Dimensions

1817: Length: 59' 4" Width/Beam: 11' 8" Depth: 3' 9"

Tonnage

1816: Gross: 18 + 00/95
1817: Gross: 24 + 09/95

Enrollments/Registration

October 3, 1816: Port: Detroit Number: 2 of 1816
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-31-1816
October 31, 1816: Port: Detroit Number: 8 of 1816
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-19-1817
August 19, 1817: Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Detroit 8-31-1818
August 31, 1818: Port: Detroit Number: 1 of 1818
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-16-1818
October 16, 1818: Port: Detroit Number: 2 of 1818
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 11-13-1818
November 13, 1818: Port: Detroit Number: 9 of 1818
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-28-1819
June 28, 1819: Port: Detroit Number: 2 of 1819
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-15-1820
July 15, 1820: Port: Detroit Number: 1 of 1820
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-16-1820
September 16, 1820: Port: Detroit Number: 3 of 1820
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-26-1820
September 26, 1820: Port: Detroit Number: 6 of 1820
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-5-1822
July 5, 1822: Port: Detroit Number: 1 of 1822
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-28-1822
August 28, 1822: Port: Detroit Number: 4 of 1822
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-1-1825
August 1, 1825: Port: Detroit Number: 3 of 1825
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-15-1825*
September 15, 1825: Port: Detroit Number: 3 of 1825
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Fire Fly (1816- )
Nationality:: American (1816- )

Notes

General notes:: * Enrollment 8/1/1825 stated that it was surrendered at Buffalo, New York, 12/1/1830;
She ran Cleveland to Miami in 1827;
Sources:: 1. Enrollments: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
3. Certificates of Registry: Detroit, Michigan;
4. Cleveland Weekly Herald, 8/10/1827;
5. Detroit Gazette, 9/22/1828;
6. Detroit Free Press, 4/14/1843;
7. Michigan Pioneer Collection: Vol. I, p. 413;
8. John Poole's notes;

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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