Cumberland (Brigantine, 1844)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Cumberland
Year of Build:: 1844

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: A. A. Turner & S. W. Turner
Ownership Notes:: Winslow, N. C., (1844-1851); Winslow, R. K., (1851); Gates, H. N., (1851-1854); Day, L. A., (1853); Lindro, W., (1855); Pickering, E. P., (1856); Flint, C. L., (1859); Adams, John L., (1859); Morse, A., (1859);
Master(s):: Seymour, H. W., (1844); Pheate, H. D.,(1847); Shepard, A., (1849); Wilcox, (1851); Scott, W. B., (1854); Raymond, F. S., (1855); Lundy, W., (1856); Williams, S. W., (1859); Murray, John, (1859);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1844)

Hull Dimensions

1844: Length: 100' 6" Width/Beam: 23' 6" Depth: 9' 2"

Tonnage

1844: Gross: 195 + 87/95

Enrollments/Registration

April 3, 1844: Port: Cleveland Number: 11 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-9-1847
April 9, 1847: Port: Cleveland Number: 11 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-6-1847
October 6, 1847: Port: Cleveland Number: 80 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-24-1849
April 24, 1849: Port: Cleveland Number: 19 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-10-1851
March 10, 1851: Port: Cleveland Number: 3 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-27-1853
May 27, 1853: Port: Cleveland Number: 47 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-11-1854
September 11, 1854: Port: Cleveland Number: 79 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-9-1855
August 9, 1855: Port: Buffalo Number: 179 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-17-1856
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January 17, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 3 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-11-1859
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May 11, 1859*: Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Renationalized*
Next document: Rochester 5-12-1859
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May 12, 1859: Port: Rochester Number: 30 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-22-1859
July 22, 1859: Port: Chicago Number: 54 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Brigantine, Cumberland (1844-)
Nationality:: American (1844- )
Chronology:: 1. 7/29/1847, Buffalo, collision, (Brig. Ellen Parker), repaired;
2. 4/18/1848, Mackinaw, collision, (Schooner William & Schooner Wyoming), repaired;
3. 11/29/1851, Point au Pelee Island, ashore and released, $5, 000 loss;
4. 11/24/1852, Lake Michigan, jetted deck load of railroad iron in a gale, $1, 000 loss;
5. 8/24/1853, St. Lawrence River, ashore and released;
6. 11/25/1853, Lake Michigan, threw overboard 70 bars of railroad iron and got into Chicago safely;
7. 9/00/1855, St. Clair River, collision, (Brig. J. R. Giddings), repaired, $200 loss;
8. 9/00/1855, Lake Michigan, capsized, righted and towed to Chicago for repairs, (wood), $1000 loss;
9. 10/00/1855, Belle, Isle, ashore and released, $200 loss;
10. 11/00/1856, Lake Michigan, capsized, (wood), towed into port, $1, 000 loss;
11. 11/00/1856, Bayfield, Lake Huron, ashore, (wheat), released;
12. 10/19/1859, Milwaukee, collision, (Schooner, Curlew), struck pier and hull pounded to pieces, wreck removed and lies near
Jones Shipyard, $2, 500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Under act of March 3, 1859;
May have gone Canadian (1856-1859);
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Rochester, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Rochester, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 678;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;

Contact

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920-684-0218

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