Australia (Schooner, 1852)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Australia
Year of Build:: 1852
Major repairs:: 1873, 1876, 1879;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1862, Vermilion, Ohio;
2. 1880;
Official Number:: 370

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Vermilion, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Burton Parsons
Ownership Notes:: Burton, C. L., (1852-1863); Anderson, J., (1862); Benton, (1863-1871); Pelton, (1863-1871); Cameron, W., (1866); Blaine, W., (1867); Rungan, E., (1869); Long, I., (1870-1872); Long, John, (1873); Wheeler, J., (1874); Mason, L., (1874); Mason Lumber Co., (1875-1879); Davis, C. L., (1880); Davis, C. S., (1882-1885); Evert, August, (1884); O'Brien, M, (1885); Mullins, M. J., (1885-1887); Salattery, William, (1887); Edwaes, P. H., (1888): Horn, W. H., (1889);
Master(s):: Parsons, B., (1852); Burton, C. L., (1860); Underwood, J., (1861); Anderson, J., (1862-1863); Cameron, W., (1866-1867); Hall, (1869); Bissett, W., (1870);Wheeler, J., (1874); Baker, S. S., (1880); Blodget, E. K., (1884); Slattery, William, (1887): Edward, P. H., (1888);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1852)

Hull Dimensions

1852: Length: 111' Width/Beam: 22' 9" Depth: 8' 6"
1862: Length: 111' 1" Width/Beam: 23' Depth: 9' 3"
1865: Length: 111.3' Width/Beam: 22.8' Depth: 9'
1880: Length: 109.3' Width/Beam: 22.8' Depth: 8.7'

Tonnage

1852: Gross: 198 + 11/95
1862: Gross: 218 + 75/95
1865: Gross: 170.79
1880: Gross: 159.46 Net: 151.49

Enrollments/Registration

October 1, 1852: Port: Sandusky Number: 32 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 2-7-1861
February 7, 1861: Port: Sandusky Number: 2 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-8-1862
April 8, 1862: Port: Sandusky Number: 5 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Enlarged
Next document: Cleveland 4-15-1863
April 15, 1863: Port: Cleveland Number: 2 of 1863
Document Type: Registration
Reason: PE Surrendered
Next document: Sandusky 4-21-1863
April 21, 1863: Port: Sandusky Number: 12 of 1863
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-26-1865
April 26, 1865: Port: Cleveland
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 5-3-1865
May 3, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 5 of 1865
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expiered
Next document: Chicago 4-12-1866
April 12, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 676 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-5-1867
July 5, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 6 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-26-1869
March 26, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 192 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-23-1870
March 23, 1870: Port: Chicago Number: 139 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-20-1872
June 20, 1872: Port: Chicago Number: 180 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-5-1874
February 5, 1874: Port: Chicago Number: 106 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 3-16-1874
March 16, 1874: Port: Grand Haven Number: 38 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 7-17-1874
July 17, 1874: Port: Grand Haven Number: 7 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Chicago 4-7-1877
April 7, 1877: Port: Chicago Number: 4 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expiered
Next document: Grand Haven 11-22-1877
November 22, 1877: Port: Grand Haven Number: 31 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Grand Haven 5-12-1880
May 12, 1880: Port: Grand Haven Number: 150 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Grand Haven 5-16-1881
May 16, 1881: Port: Grand Haven Number: 130 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-31-1884
May 31, 1884: Port: Chicago Number: 118 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-4-1885
June 4, 1885: Port: Chicago Number: 77 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-20-1885
October 20, 1885: Port: Chicago Number: 14 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Milwaukee 8-15-1887
August 15, 1887: Port: Milwaukee Number: 19 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-27-1889
October 27, 1889: Port: Chicago Number: 48 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-5-1888
May 5, 1888: Port: Chicago Number: 107 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-22-1889; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Australia (1852-1889)
Nationality:: American (1852-1889)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1854, Lake Erie, struck by lightning and repaired, $500 loss;
2. 6/00/1855, Calumet, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $2, 500 loss;
3. 11/00/1857, Detroit River, collision, (Schooner, Hubbard), repaired, $200 loss;
4. 8/26/1858, off Port Burwell, Lake Erie, sails blown away and repaired, $300 loss;
5. 6/13/1861, 15 miles south east of Point Aux Barques, north of Sand Beach Bay, Point Crane, ashore, (iron ore),
released, $100 loss;
6. 7/24, 1862, 15 miles below Point Pelee, Lake Erie, capsized and towed into port;
7. 4/14/1868, Chicago, ashore, (wood), released;
8. 9/00/1869, sprang a leak on Lake Michigan and repaired;
9. 11/20/1871, Toronto, collision, (Tug, Lady Franklin), sunk and raised;
10. 7/00/1874, sprang a leak on Lake Michigan and repaired;
11. 9/30/1888, Holland, harbor, Lake Michigan, ashore, hull broke in two, sank, (cedar posts);

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $3,800; 1871, she was valued at $3,000; 1878 she was valued at $2,000; 1887, she was listed with no value given;
Sources:: 1. Master abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1887;
5. Chicago Daily Press: 11/00/1857;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 1/22/1862;
8. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
9. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
10. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1889);

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