Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
General Brock
Year of Build:
1815
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Point Frederick, Ontario*
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Ownership Notes:
British Government, (1815-1817); Earl, Hugh, (1817); Smith, George, (1817); Chistholm, (1826-1827);
Master(s):
Perry, (1817); Petrie, Oliphant O., (1817); Campbel, (1835);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (18150)
Tonnage
1815
Gross: 130
1835
Gross: 70
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, General Brock (1815-1835)**
Nationality:
British (1815- ); Canada ( -1835)
Chronology:

1. 12/14/1834, Two miles west of Pultneyville, ashore, (merchandise);

Notes
General notes:
*Built in the Bay of Quinte and sailed for the first time 7/1/1815;
**Noted in the newspapers as just "Brock";
Prescott, Upper Canada was her home port in 1835, and she is noted as being 70 tons;
She ran Newcastle, Kingston, York, Burlington in 1817;
Home Port: Toronto, Ontario, (1826);
Sources:
1. Kingston Gazette: 4/26/1817, 5/3/1817, 5/17/1817, 5/31/1817, 6/13/1817, 7/8/1817, 8/5/1817, 11/18/1817;
2. St. Catherine Journal: 12/27/1826, 5/2/1827;
3. Cobourg Star: 12/24/1834, 1/7/1835;
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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