Minerva Cook (Schooner, 1841)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Garden Island, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Hiram Cook & D. D. Calvin
Ownership Notes:: Calvin, D. D., (1841); Cook, Hiram, (1841); Cook, Calvin, (1841-1865); Dunn, (1841- 1865); Calvin, (1856-1866); Breck, (1856-1866); Black. (1857); Frazer, John, (1865);
Master(s):: Muir, William, (1848);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Kingston 11-17-1848
November 17, 1848: Port: Kingston Number: 27 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Minerva Cook (1841- )
Nationality:: Canada (1841- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/3/1851, Long Point Cut, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $150 loss;
2. 12/12/1854, 18 Mile Point, ashore and released;
3. 10/00/1858, Long Point, Lake Ontario, collision, (Bark, Clayton), (timber), sank and raised, $8, 300 loss;
4. 11/00/1861, head of the Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River, (wheat), ashore and released, $450 loss;
5. 9/00/1863, Lake Ontario, capsized and towed in, $4, 770 loss;
6. 11/22/1867, Erie Peninsula, ashore and released;
7. 11/00/1868, Point Peninsula, Lake Ontario, ashore, $5, 500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1863, she was valued at $3,500; 1871, she is just listed;
Sources:: 1. Enrollment: Kingston, Ontario;
2. Canadian Vessel Register: 1856, 1857, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871;
3. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;

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