Catharine (Schooner, 1809)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Moy, Detroit River, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Alexander McIntosh
Ownership Notes:: Reed, R. S., (1809-1812); Dobbins, Daniel, (1809-1812); British Government, (1812-1813);
Master(s):: Dobbins, Daniel, (1809-1812);

Power

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Catharine (1809-1809);
b. Schooner, Salina (1809-1813)
Nationality:: American (1809-1812), Canadian (1812-1813)
Chronology:: 1. 7/12-13/1812, Michilimackinac Island, Lake Michigan, captured by the British; She was released and allowed to sail to
Detroit under British protection;
2. 8/25/1812, Detroit, captured again by British for an infraction of the law;
3. 2/00/1813, Fort Malden, caught in ice and abandoned by the British, hull drifted down to Erie;
4. 3/2/1813, Erie, discovered floating in the lake by Captain Dobbins, supplies, rigging, and valuables removed;
Then hull was set on fire to prevent British use of the vessel;

Notes

General notes:: *Her tonnage was 73 + 52/95, on 6/22/1810; On 9/3/1810, her tonnage was reported as 72 + 65/95. She must
have been rebuilt between 6/22/1810 and 9/3/1810.
The Salina ran mostly out of Presque Isle, Lake Erie;
She cleared Erie, Pennsylvania, on the following dates: 6/22/1810, 9/3/1810, 9/17/1810, 9/25/1810, 10/12/1810, 11/8/1810;
Sources:: 1. James C. Mills, Our Inland Seas, page 72;
2. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p.133;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Gazette: 10/10/1811; 7/14/1812; 8/11/1812; 9/1/1812;
5. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 64;
6. Erie Custom Records;

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