Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Mechanic (Brigantine, 1848)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Mechanic
Year of Build:
1848
Major repairs:
1855, 1862;
Rebuilt:
1. 1868;
Official Number:
16399
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, Michigan*
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Benjamin S. Goodsell
Ownership Notes:
Goodsell, E. S., (1848); Hudson, E. W., (1849); Rounds, G. W., (1855); Walker, H. C., (1856); Lake Navigation Company, (1857-1859); Bruce, E. K., (1858); Johnson, R., (1860); Bruce, E. R., (1863); Brown, William O., (1863-1866); May, John J., (1865); Daniels, W., (1866); Jones, L., (1867); Kelly, M. J., (1868); Burch, (1871-1878); Bruce, (1871-1878); Bliss, (1871-1878);
Master(s):
Hodgekin, I. W., (1848); Baine, W. H., (1849); Bard, G. M., (1855); Green, D. H., (1856); Dinnick, M., (1858); Collins, E., (1863); Dillon, J. R., (1865-1866); Jones, L., (1867); Kelly, M. J., (1868); McKee, Hiram, (1871);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1848)
Hull Dimensions
1848
Length: 124' 6" Width/Beam: 26' 5" Depth: 10' 4"
1865
Length: 123.6' Width/Beam: 26.3' Depth: 10.4'
Tonnage
1848
Gross: 312 + 26/95
1865
Gross: 233.37
1868
Enrollments/Registration
May 6, 1848
   Port: Detroit Number: 15 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 6-18-1849
June 18, 1849
   Port: Detroit Number: 29 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-5-1855
May 5, 1855
   Port: Chicago Number: 32 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-10-1856
May 10, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 80 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-30-1858
View document online
June 30, 1858
   Port: Buffalo Number: 87 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-29-1859
View document online
September 29, 1859
   Port: Buffalo Number: 117 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-3-1863
View document online
April 3, 1863
   Port: Chicago Number: 30 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Expired
Next document: Buffalo 4-28-1863
April 28, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 79 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-20-1865
View document online
April 20, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 42 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 5-30-1865
View document online
May 30, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 369 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-10-1866
April 10, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 673 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-27-1867
April 27, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 363 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-6-1868
April 6, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 93 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Britain 6-19-1877

Next document: (Ferry-English, Sold Foreign)
History
Classification:
a. Brigantine, Mechanic (1848- )
Nationality:
American (1848-1877), Britain (1877- )
Chronology:
1. 11/26/1853, Chicago, ashore on a bar, (iron & salt), released, $500 loss;
2. 5/00/1855, Pointe Aux Barques, Lake Huron, collision, (Schooner, Perseverance), repaired, $100 loss;
3. 9/00/1855, St. Clair River, split sails and repaired, $200 loss;
4. 9/00/1855, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, Arbuckle), repaired, $100 loss;
5. 10/9/1855, South Manitou, split canvas in sails, (wheat), repaired, $500 loss;
6. 11/00/1855, Lake Michigan, lost centerboard, strained hull, repaired, $500 loss;
7. 8/00/1857, Bois Blanc Island, ashore and released, $200 loss;
8. 10/00/1859, St. Joseph, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $450 loss;
9. 11/00/1859, Buffalo Harbor, collision, (Propeller, Equinox), repaired, $1, 000 loss;
10. 11/00/1861, Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie, (corn), lost an anchor and replaced, $175 loss;
11. 10/00/1866, Chicago, ashore and released, $1, 800 loss;
12. 4/00/1871, St. Clair River, collision, repaired, $250 loss;
13. 10/00/1871, lower end of Lake Michigan coal laden, struck by a squall, waterlogged, sank with all hands and raised;
14. 7/00/1873, Lake Michigan, damaged in a gale and repaired, $280 loss;
15 7/00/1873, Marquette, Lake Superior, sank and raised, $1, 200 loss;
16. 7/00/1874, hull damaged by heavy weather on Lake Michigan, $200 loss;
Notes
General notes:
*Launched from Newberry's Yard.
1860, she was valued at $5,500; 1871, she was valued a $11,000; 1878, she is just listed with no value given;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Chicago Daily Press: 8/00/1857;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1872-1881);
9. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
Contact
Contact
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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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