Napoleon (Scow Schooner, 1846)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Vermillion, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Burton Parsons
Ownership Notes:: Pelton, Franklin, (1846-1849); Maxfula, William H., (1846); Reeder, Henry, (1846-1847); Stone, George, (1849);
Green, Thomas W., (1850-1851); Leonard, Avange (Arange), A., (1850); Burton, C. L., (1851); Fretter, John, (1854);
Fretnick, Abraham, (1854);
Master(s):: Maxfula, Wiillim H., (1846); Burlingame, Hiram, (1847); Stone, George, (1849); Green, Thomas W., (1851);
Papineaw, Joseph, (1854);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 13, 1846: Port: Sandusky Number: 10 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 5-14-1847
May 14, 1847: Port: Sandusky Number: 15 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 3-23-1849
March 23, 1849: Port: Sandusky Number: 1 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-29-1850
April 29, 1850: Port: Sandusky Number: 15 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 7-15-1851
July 15, 1851: Port: Sandusky Number: 19 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-6-1854
June 6, 1854: Port: Cleveland Number: 57 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Scow Schooner, Napoleon (1846- )
Nationality:: American (1846- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/12/1852, Port Maitland, lost sails and went ashore, released. $200 loss;
2. 7/00/1861, Detroit, lost a man overboard;
3. 12/00/1868, near Manistee, Lake Michigan, lost her outfit and repaired;

Notes

General notes:: *Enrollment 4/29/1850, notes her as a scow;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollments: Cleveland, Ohio; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Pool's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:

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