Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Speedy (Schooner, 1796)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Speedy
Year of Build:
1796
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Navy Point, Ontario*
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Master(s):
Paxton, Lieut. Thomas, (1798); Paxton, O., (1804);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1796)
Tonnage
1796
Gross: 100
History
Classification:
a. Schooner (Gun Boat), Speedy (1796-1804)
Nationality:
British (1796-1804)
Chronology:

1. 10/8/1804, Presque Isle, Lake Ontario, sank, (20-24 lives lost);**

Notes
General notes:
*Beers says she was built at Navy Point and brought to Clifton, Ontario in the winter of 1800-1801. She then crossed by the portage on runners to Queenston, Ontario, and finally launched into the Niagara River. Cuthbertson says she was built at Kingston, Ontario.
**She sank near Port Coburg, Ontario;
Sources:
1. Ontario Historical Collection, The Peter Russell Papers, Vol. 2, p. 79, 80, 252;
2. K. R. Macpherson, List of Vessels Employed on British Naval Service on the Great Lakes, 1755-1875, Ontario
Historical Society, September, 1963, Vol. LV, p. 174;
3. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 129, 130;
4. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 279;
5. John Poole's notes;
6. Burton Historical Collection, Vol. II, p. 351;
Contact
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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