Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Dolphin (Scow, 1842)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Dolphin
Year of Build:
1842
Major repairs:
1862;
Rebuilt:
1. 1857, Port Dover;
2. 1860, Port Dover;
3. 1867;
Official Number:
6132
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Dover, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Scow
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
A. M. Shaw
Ownership Notes:
Golden, M., (1862); Goulding, M., (1863); Murphy, J. D., (1864);Stowell, (1864); Murphy, (1864); Grafins, L., (1865); Farr, Jacob, (1866-1867), Portch, E., (1868); Gwynn, J., (1868); Johnson, J., (1872); Rooney, P., (1874); Miller, T., (1876);
Master(s):
Golden, M., (1862); Bug, P. W., (1864); Grafins, L., (1865); Purvis, K., (1866); Levyene, J., (1867); Portch, E., (1868); Gwynn, J., (1868); Rooney, P., (1874-1876);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1842)
Hull Dimensions
1857
Length: 93' 7" Width/Beam: 22' 8" Depth: 8' 3"
1865
Length: 91.7' Width/Beam: 22.9' Depth: 7.8'
Tonnage
1857
Gross: 157 + 44/95
1865
Gross: 130
1867
Gross: 154.27
1842
1860
Enrollments/Registration
July 5, 1862
   Port: Oswego Number: 41 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Act of 6-18-1862
Next document: Oswego 4-5-1864
April 5, 1864
   Port: Oswego Number: 23 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-12-1865
April 12, 1865
   Port: Oswego Number: 10 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 9-23-1865
September 23, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 521 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-19-1866
June 19, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 780 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-10-1867
June 10, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 411 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Chicago 3-13-1868
March 13, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 215 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-26-1868
March 26, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 244 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-5-1872
June 5, 1872
   Port: Chicago Number: 162 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-10-1874
February 10, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 113 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-2-1876
May 2, 1876
   Port: Chicago Number: 92 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-30-1876

Next document: (Total Loss)
History
Classification:
a. Scow, Dophin (1842-1857);
b. Schooner, Dolphin (1857-1876)
Nationality:
Canada (1842-1862); American (1862-1876)
Chronology:
1. 9/00/1860, Point au Pelee Island, ashore and released, $1, 100 loss;
2. 6/00/1870, Ludington, Lake Michigan, collision, (scow), sank and raised, $1, 000 loss;
3. 10/00/1871, Sheboygan, ashore and released, $600 loss;
4. 00/00/1876, off Racine, , Lake Michigan, wrecked;**
Notes
General notes:
*First U.S. enrollment (Oswego, (7/5/1862), says she was built at Port Dover, Ontario in 1860l, but Vessel Register says she was built at Port Dover in 1842;
**She was wrecked between May and October of 1876.
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois, Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois, Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1865, 1864, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1877);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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