Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Henry Clay (Schooner, 1831)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Henry Clay
Year of Build:
1831
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1831)
Tonnage
1831
Gross: 68 + 54/95
Enrollments/Registration
July 13, 1831
   Port: Oswego Number: 2 of 1831
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Henry Clay (1831- )
Nationality:
American (1831- )
Chronology:

1. 7/21/1831, Port Dalhousie, Lake Ontario, capsized and sank, (salt), 6 lives lost;*

Notes
General notes:
*3 survivors were picked up by the Steamer, Ontario;
She was on her first voyage, Oswego to Cleveland, when she sank;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollments: Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Cleveland Weekly Herald: 7/28/1831;
5. Hallowell Free Press: 8/1/1831;
6. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 612;
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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