Samuel B. Ruggles (Schooner, 1837)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Samuel B. Ruggles
Year of Build:: 1837
Rebuilt:: 1. 1839, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo, New York;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Dunkirk, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Brig
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Thomas H . Cobb
Ownership Notes:: Smith, Walter, (1837); Abell, Thomas B., (1839); Tucker, Chauncey, (1840-1841); Cobb, Ansell (Ansel) R.,
(1843-1844); Atwater, Samuel T., (1843-1851); Montgomery, Robert, (1841-!851); Barnard, 'Albert, (1847);
Montgomery, John H., (1851); Estate of Albert Barnard, (1851);
Master(s):: Perkins, Zephemiah (Zepheniah), (1837-1839); Dwight, George R., (1840); Black, Hugh, (1841); Martin, John, (late master),(1843); Wooderson, E., (1843); Montgomery, Robert, (1844); Montgomey, John H., (1847-1851);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1837)

Hull Dimensions

1837: Length: 90' 2" Width/Beam: 24' 6" Depth: 8' 5"

Tonnage

1837: Gross: 183 + 34/95
1839

Enrollments/Registration

May 27, 1837: Port: Buffalo Number: 26 of 1837
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-30-1839
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May 30, 1839: Port: Buffalo Number: 19 of 1839
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-11-1839
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July 11, 1839: Port: Buffalo Number: 23 of 1839
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Altered to a Brig*
Next document: Buffalo 7-15-1840
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July 15, 1840: Port: Buffalo Number: 28 of 1840
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-20-1841
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October 20, 1841: Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1841
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-26-1843
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August 26, 1843: Port: Buffalo Number: 36 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-11-1844
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April 11, 1844: Port: Buffalo Number: 15 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-15-1847
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April 15, 1847: Port: Buffalo Number: 12 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-7-1851
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April 7, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 18 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: (Vessel lost in 1851)
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History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Samuel B. Ruggles (1837-1839);
b. Brig, Samuel B. Ruggles (1839-1851)
Nationality:: American (1837-1851)
Chronology:: 1. 11/18/1838, Erie, ashore and released;
2. 10/3/1840, Lake Erie, damaged in a gale and repaired;
3. 10/26/1841, Cleveland, sailor, Richard Hillaren, fell from the mast head to the deck and died;
4. 8/4/1851, Port Maitland, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, (flour), repaired;
5. 9/13/1851, Ashtabula, lost locomotive overboard in a gale, saved the tender, $8, 000 loss;**
6. 11/16/1851, Buffalo, ashore, (Merchandise), 10 miles from Buffalo she lost a locomotive and tender overboard, sunk at Erie
Basin pier, $15, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *She was rebuilt at Buffalo, New York by Bidwell & Banta;
**Locomotive was for the Lakeshore Railroad;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Underwriters Report, 1851;
5. Detroit Free Press: 1/26/1856;
6. Buffalo Courier: 5/22/1846;
7. Cleveland Herald: 11/21/1838, 7/15/1840, 10/7/1840;
8. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 5/26/1840, 10/3/1840, 4/12/1844, 6/14/1842, 9/19/1842, 10/10/1849;
9. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser & Journal: 10/28/1839, 10/26/1841, 1/9/1849;
10. Cleveland Plain Dealer: 9/15/1851, 11/18/1851, 11/20/1851;
11. Buffalo Morning Express: 4/8/1851, 4/22/1851, 4/24/1851, 5/2/151, 5/5/1851, 8/7/1851, 9/17/1851, 11/18/1851;
12. Unpublished hand written report: 9/2/1851, 11/17/1851;

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