Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Chippewa(1791)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Chippewa
Year of Build:
1791
Rebuilt:
1. 1793, Detroit, Michigan;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, Michigan
Additional vessel types:
Snow
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Ownership Notes:
British Government, (1791);
Master(s):
Harrow, (1792);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1791)
Tonnage
1791
Gross: 100
1793
Gross: 36
History
Classification:
a. (Unknown), Tebicas (1791-1793);
b. Snow, Chippewa (1791- )
Nationality:
British (1791- )
Chronology:

1. 10/15/1795, Fort Erie, broke fluke and part of the arm of anchor, and repaired;

Notes
General notes:
1792, noted in service of the British to support forces at Maumee River; armed with 6 iron six pounders;
Telescope, Vol. 31, Number 4, July - August, p. 98; says she probably was built at Detroit;
1794, name spelled "Chippawa"; 1796, still in service;
*Last British vessel built at Detroit.
Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 12, p. 58, notes that the snow , "Chippawa" has six gun carriages at Detroit, Michigan, June 17, 1793. This would indicate that she was built before 1795; Vol. 12, p. 136, Office of Ordnance, Detroit, 9/1/1794, "stores secured from on board the Chippawa formerly the Tebicas; This would indicate another vessel named Tebicas; Chippawa is never spelled as Chippewa.
Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 24, p. 618: The British return of marine establishment in the province of Lower and Upper Canada, 1793, lists the Chippewa at 100 tons and armed with 6 guns;
Ontario Historical Collection, Simcoe papers, Vol. 2, p 375, mentions Commodore Grant on the Chippawa;
Wisconsin Historical Collection, N-41, p.112: request to use her in the salt business from Fort Erie;
Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 23, p. 349: listed as one of the Lake Erie vessels to be repaired in 1794;
Sources:
1. John Poole's notes;
2. Cuthbertson, George A., Freshwater, p. 279;
3. Burton Historical Collection, Vol. I, p. 383;
4. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 12, p. 58, 136; Vol., p. 349; Vol. 24, p. 618;
5. Wisconsin Historical Collection, Vol. 2, p 375; Vol. 4, p. 106;
6. Wisconsin Historical Collection, N-42, p.112;
7. Telescope, Vol. 31, Number 4, July - August, p. 96;
8. Ontario Historical Collection, The Simcoe Papers, Vol. 1, p. 185, 190, 314;
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Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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