Sultana (Steamer, 1846)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Algonac, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Zadock Pangborn
Ownership Notes:: Gillman, Appleby, (1847-1854); Harrison, J. C., (1854-1857); Thompson, George, (1854); Hamson, J. C., (1854); Harding, N. W., (1856); Johnson, J., (1857); Owen, John, (1858-1862); Norris, J. S., (1862-1863); Burt, (1862-1863);
Master(s):: Appleby, Gilman, (1848-1849); Watts, William, (1855); Mead, N., (1856-1857); Edwards, H., (1858); Noyes, J. S., (1862);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 14, 1847: Port: Buffalo Number: 45 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-14-1854
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June 14, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 131 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-16-1854
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September 16, 1854: Port: Cleveland Number: 81 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-2-1855
April 2, 1855: Port: Cleveland Number: 3 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-2-1855
April 2, 1855: Port: Cleveland Number: 5 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-23-1856
May 23, 1856: Port: Cleveland Number: 51 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-10-1856
September 10, 1856: Port: Cleveland Number: 86 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-11-1858
September 11, 1858: Port: Detroit Number: 122 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-27-1862
May 27, 1862: Port: Buffalo Number: 73 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt to a Sloop Barge
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History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Sultana (1846-1862);
b. Sloop Barge, Sultana (1862-1863)*
Nationality:: American (1846-1863)
Chronology:: 1. 6/11/1847, reef off Rondeau, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 9/28/1847, Ashtabula, broke shaft of her wheel and repaired;
3. 11/11/1847, Lake Huron, lost a man overboard;
4. 5/1/1851, Lake Erie, broke her cross head and repaired, $4, 000 loss;
5. 12/3/1851, West Sister Island, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
6. 12/5/1851, Sandusky, Lake Erie, sank and raised, (flour), $2, 000 loss;
7. 1/00/1855, north pier at Erie, collision, (sank Scow-Schooner, Home), repaired, $1, 800 loss;
8. 6/18/1856, Fox Island, ashore in a fog and released, (passengers), $4, 000 loss;
9. 9/6/1856, near Algona, Michigan, fractured a cross head of her machinery, repaired;
10. 11/00/1856, Green Bay, broke machinery and repaired, $3, 500 loss;
11. 00/00/1857, Hog Island, 30 miles due west of Mackinaw City, struck a reef and repaired;
12. 11/25/1859, Detroit River, broke lines and struck a sunken pier, sank and raised;
13. 7/21/1863, 15 miles below Point aux Barques, Lake Huron, sank, (lumber);
14. 11/14/1863, near Point au Barques, Lake Huron, sank, $3, 300 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *She was to be called "Cumberland", when she was converted into a Barge, but this was not her official rename; Early American Steamers says she was renamed "Cumberland", which is an error;
Norris & Burt repaired her and she became the first tow barge of the Great Lakes;
She was valued at $6,000, in 1860; $6,000, in 1863;
Engine: Low pressure, Crosshead; Cylinder, 48" diameter x 11' stroke, built by T. F. Secor & Company, successors to Allaire Works, New York, New York;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1860-1863);
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. II;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;

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