Speedwell (Schooner, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Sanford & Moses
Ownership Notes:: Gillett, J., (1847-1849); Frawley, Joseph, (1854); Donelly, Samuel, (1854); Buckman, H., (1857-1858); Bunting, (1864); Henderson, (1864); Pelmetier, (1869);
Master(s):: Earl, L. H., (1847); Frawley, Joseph, (1854); Bennett, F., (1857-1858);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 27, 1847: Port: Cleveland Number: 29 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 3-23-1854
March 23, 1854: Port: Cleveland Number: 10 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-24-1856
March 24, 1856: Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-3-1857
April 3, 1857: Port: Cleveland Number: 12 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-15-1857
April 15, 1857: Port: Cleveland Number: 22 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-19-1858
July 19, 1858: Port: Cleveland Number: 59 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-14-1863; Next document: (Vessel sold to Foreigners)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Speedwell (1847-1863);
b. Schooner, Maggie (1863-1871)
Nationality:: American (1847-1863), Canada (1863-1871)
Chronology:: 1. 9/28/1847, Cleveland, collision, (Schooner, Acorn), repaired;
2. 4/8/1850, south of the piers at Chicago, ashore and released, (lumber);
3. 10/11/1855, Erie south pier, ashore, (railroad iron & merchandise), released, $300 loss;
4. 11/00/1869, lost her rudder and sails in a gale on Lake Ontario and repaired;
5. 8/00/1871, Goderich, Lake Huron, ashore and hull went to pieces, $2, 000 loss, (lumber);

Notes

General notes:: *1869 Canadian Register gives the builder as "Dough" and built in 1857;
She was probably renamed Maggie in 1863, but not sure when renamed;
1864, she was named Maggie and valued at $3,500;
She hailed from Montreal in 1871;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1864:
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;
8. Detroit Free Press: 9/4/1871;

Contact

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