Wave (Schooner, 1835)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Swan Creek, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Samuel Sutherland
Ownership Notes:: Sutherland, Samuel, (1836); Robinson, M., (1836); Dole, George W., (1836-1841); Armstrong, James A., (1836);
Dousman, Michael, (1836); Newberry, Oliver, (1841); Knickerbocker, A. V., (1841);
Master(s):: Robinson, M., (1836); Nichols, (1844);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 28, 1836: Port: Detroit Number: 7 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 10-31-1836
October 31, 1836: Port: Detroit Number: 32 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-26-1841
July 26, 1841: Port: Detroit Number: 23 of 1841
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Wave (1835- )
Nationality:: American (1835- )
Chronology:: 1. 4/30/1837, New Buffalo, ashore and released;
2. 11/25/1841, Southport, ashore and released;
3. 3/17/1844, Racine, Michigan, ashore, 13 lives lost;
4. 3/27/1844, 5 miles off Kalamazoo, Michigan, sank, 5 lives lost, $1, 000 loss;*

Notes

General notes:: *Schooner, Fur Trader, discovered the Wave and salvaged her anchor and chains after towing her some distance.
Finally the wreck was set adrift and went ashore near St. Joseph, Michigan;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollments: Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Detroit City Directory: 1837, 1846;
5. Detroit Free Press: 3/23/1844, 4/6/1844;
6. Cleveland Daily Herald & Journal: 5/18/1837, 11/24/1837;
7. Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo): 3/30/1844, 4/5/1844, 4/11/1844, 4/24/1844;
8. Commercial Advertiser & Journal (Buffalo): 12/10/1841, 12/13/1841;
9. Buffalo Daily Gazette: 4/1/1844, 4/13/1844, 4/18/1844;
10. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/12/1848;

Contact

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