Bermuda (Schooner, 1860)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: George Goble
Ownership Notes:: Mott, Thomas S., (1860-1863); Stewart, William, (1864-1865); Ralph, D., (1870);
Master(s):: Stowell, Amasa, (1860); Stewart, W., (1864); McDonald, Thomas, (1864- 1865); Tinney., M. (1870);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 5, 1860: Port: Oswego Number: 4 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 2-12-1864
February 12, 1864: Port: Oswego Number: 7 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-23-1864
April 23, 1864: Port: Detroit Number: 81 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-21-1865
April 21, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 66 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 9-21-1870
September 21, 1870: Port: Detroit Number: 26 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-12-1871; Next document: (Vessel total loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Bermuda (1860-1871);
Nationality:: American (1860-1871)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1861, Chicago, collision, (Schooner, Massillon), repaired, $400 loss;
2. 9/14/1866, Clay Banks, Lake Erie, disabled, towed into port by Steamer Magnet, repaired;
3. 5/00/1869, Chicago, lost bowsprit and head gear in a collision, (Steamer, Sheboygan), repaired, $200 loss;
4. 6/00/1869, Lake Michigan, damaged by collision, (Scow, Celt), repaired;
5. 7/00/1869, damaged by heavy weather on Lake Michigan and repaired;
6..11/15/1869, Marquette, Lake Superior, ashore, (3 lives lost), released, $20, 500 loss;
7. 10/17/1870, Grand Island, Ann River, South Bay, Lake Superior, sank (3 lives lost), $25, 500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1863, she was valued at $15,000; 1866, she was valued at $11,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);

Contact

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