Thomas G. Colt (Schooner, 1846)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Erie 3-23-1847
March 23, 1847: Port: Erie Number: 1 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 4-10-1848
April 10, 1848: Port: Erie
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 10-9-1849
October 9, 1849: Port: Erie Number: 11 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 4-19-1852
April 19, 1852: Port: Erie Number: 2 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Erie 4-28-1856
April 28, 1856**: Port: Erie Number: 6 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 9-8-1856
September 8, 1856: Port: Erie Number: 18 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Thomas G. Colt (1846-1859)*
Nationality:: American (1846- 1859)
Chronology:: 1. 8/15/1854, Saginaw Bay, sank and raised, (lumber);
2. 9/00/1855, Lake Erie, lost sails in a gale, repaired, $175 loss;
3. 10/00/1855, Buffalo, collision, (Schooner, Wings of the Morning), repaired, $200 loss;
4. 11/6/1858, Buffalo, struck breakwater, released, towed to Erie Basin, sank, (lumber), raised, $300 loss;
5. 7/3/1859, Barcelona, sprang a leak, sank, (1 life lost), (coal), $2, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Also known as "T. G. Colt" in newspapers;
**Tonnage given as 90 + 64/95, which was an error;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
3. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
4. John Poole's notes;

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