Columbia (Brigantine, 1842)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 11, 1842: Port: Sandusky Number: 3 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 6-17-1844
June 17, 1844: Port: Cleveland Number: 33 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-20-1845
March 20, 1845: Port: Cleveland Number: 4 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 8-30-1845
August 30, 1845: Port: Sandusky Number: 9 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 7-5-1851
July 5, 1851: Port: Sandusky Number: 16 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-7-1852
April 7, 1852: Port: Detroit Number: 9 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Brigantine, Columbia (1842-1859)
Nationality:: American (1842-1859)
Chronology:: 1. 11/19/1842, Grand Haven, struck a bar, released;
2. 7/00/1855, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, (railroad iron), jettisoned cargo, repaired, $2, 000 loss;
3. 9/18/1856, Bois Blanc Island, ashore and released, $2, 000 loss;
4. 11/00/1856, Mackinac, ashore and released;
5. 5/00/1859, Death's Door, Green Bay, Lake Michigan, ashore and hull went to pieces, $2, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: Her home port was Detroit, Michigan in 1854 and 1858;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
5. Wright's Master Sheet;

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