Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Young Lion (Schooner, 1827)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Young Lion
Year of Build:
1827
Rebuilt:
1. 1830, Buffalo, New York;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Black Rock, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Russell Armington
Ownership Notes:
Norton, Joseph G., (1827); Bliss, Judah, (1827); Thompson, Sheldon, (1828-1829); McKnight, James, (1828-1829); Burnett, Charles, (1828-1831); Smith, Isaac, (1830-1836); Russell, (1836); Macy, John B., (1836);
Master(s):
Burnett, Charles, (1827-1831); Patterson, (1828); Scoville, M., (1832); Kennedy, (1833); Owen, G., (1834); Moran, William. T., (1836); Moran, William F., (1836);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1827)
Hull Dimensions
1827
Length: 63' Width/Beam: 20' Depth: 5' 5"
1830
Length: 73' Width/Beam: 25' Depth: 7' 9"
Tonnage
1827
Gross: 58 + 15/95
1830
Gross: 83 + 20/95
Enrollments/Registration
May 19, 1827
   Port: Buffalo Number: 1 of 1827
Document Type: Registration
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 9-10-1827
September 10, 1827
   Port: Buffalo Number: 21 of 1827
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-25-1828
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March 25, 1828
   Port: Buffalo Number: 1 of 1828
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1828
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April 24, 1828
   Port: Buffalo
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-20-1829
July 20, 1829
   Port: Buffalo
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-29-1829
October 29, 1829
   Port: Buffalo Number: 13 of 1829
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-23-1830
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April 23, 1830
   Port: Buffalo Number: 2 of 1830
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Buffalo 7-15-1831
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July 15, 1831
   Port: Buffalo Number: 9 of 1831
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-3-1832
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November 3, 1832
   Port: Buffalo Number: 13 of 1832
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-10-1836
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May 10, 1836
   Port: Buffalo Number: 16 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online

Next document: (Lost in Fall of 1836)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Young Lion (1827-1836)
Nationality:
American (1827-1836)
Chronology:
1. 10/13/1828, Otter Creek (Port Burwell), ashore and released;
2. 10/13/1829, Cleveland, vessel seized for an Infringement of the Custom Law;
3. 11/23/1829, Sandusky, ashore and released;
4. 10/24-26/1833, Lake Erie, damaged in a gale and deck cargo lost overboard, repaired, (flour);
5. 7/13/1836, Erie, Lake Erie, sprang a leak and sank, (railroad iron), 3 lives lost (5 Rescued by schooner, New York);
7. 2/17/1844, Walnut Creek, Captain Chapin, of the "New York", claimed he found the wreck, but could not raise her;
Notes
Sources:
1. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York;
2. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
3. Certificates of Registry: Buffalo, New York;
4. Buffalo Republican: 11/23/1829);
5. Black Rock Gazette: 5/19/1827, 11/3/1827;
6. Cleveland Herald: 2/17/1844;
7. Cleveland Weekly Herald: 6/6/1827, 8/3/1827, 11/6/1828, 6/11/1829, 10/15/1829, 12/3/1829, 1/13/1831, 11/2/1833;
8. John Poole's notes;
9. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes;
10. Buffalo Whig: 6/25/1834;
11. Black Rock Advocate: 7/21/1836;
12. Cleveland Weekly Advertiser: 7/16/1836;
13. Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo): 7/1/1844;
14. Buffalo Daily Gazette: 2/21/1844;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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