Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Arcturus
Year of Build:
1853
Major repairs:
1859, 1862;
Official Number:
568
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Huron, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Benjamin B. Jones
Ownership Notes:
Bugbee, O., (1853); Walker, H. C., (1856); Lake Navigation Company, (1858); Jones, B. B., (1859-1864); Wheeler, C. H., (1862-1870); Cheyne, James G., (1863-1875); Cluyan, J. G., (1877); Jones, J. M., (1881); Pinet, Adolph A., (1887);
Master(s):
Burns, J., (1853); Duenbury, A. A., (1856); Jones, J. M., (1859); Cheyene, James G., (1862-1864); Cheyene, J. W., (1865-1870); Wheeler, C. H., (1868); Cheyne, J. G., (1875); Hickman, H. H., (1881); Easton, Charles, (1887);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1853)
Hull Dimensions
1853
Length: 140' Width/Beam: 28' 4" Depth: 11' 3"
1865
Length: 139.5' Width/Beam: 28.4' Depth: 10.9'
Tonnage
1853
Gross: 412 + 46/95
1865
Gross: 300.59 Net: 290.72
Enrollments/Registration
June 1, 1853
   Port: Buffalo Number: 88 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-5-1856
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June 5, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 127 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-20-1858
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May 20, 1858
   Port: Buffalo Number: 61 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-27-1859
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July 27, 1859
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 87 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-8-1862
July 8, 1862
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 2 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-11-1863
July 11, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 142 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-25-1863
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August 25, 1863
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 9 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-1-1864
September 1, 1864
   Port: Chicago Number: 290 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Milwaukee 9-5-1864
September 5, 1864
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 13 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-26-1865
April 26, 1865
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 69 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 4-23-1867
April 23, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 98 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-29-1868
August 29, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 21 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-8-1869
April 8, 1869
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 65 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-21-1869
May 21, 1869
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 120 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-13-1875
April 13, 1875
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 73 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-24-1877
April 24, 1877
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 66 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-16-1881
April 16, 1881
   Port: Detroit Number: 66 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-28-1883
April 28, 1883
   Port: Cleveland Number: 54 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-23-1887
June 23, 1887
   Port: Port Huron Number: 180 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 11-20-1890
November 20, 1890
   Port: Port Huron
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Arcturus (1853- )
Nationality:
American (1853- )
Chronology:
1. 5/00/1855, Port Maitland, Grand River, struck by lightning, repaired, $1, 000 loss;
2. 5/00/1855, collision, (Schooner, Agnes Barton), repaired, cargo $600 loss, hull $800 loss;
3. 12/00/1857, Buffalo Creek, damaged in a freshet and repaired;
4. 9/00/1859, damaged her cargo of wheat through her keel box, repaired, $300 loss;
5. 8/00/1860, Lake Michigan, lost 2 men overboard;
6. 10/00/1860, St. Clair Rapids, collision, (Schooners, Milwaukee Belle, C. H. Walker, and W. H. Craig), repaired, $100 loss;
7. 5/00/1862, Fox Island, Lake Michigan, ashore and released;
8. 4/17/1868, Long Point, Lake Erie, collision, (Bark, James F. Joy), (malt), sank and raised, $25, 000 loss;
9. 4/00/1869, Lake Michigan, collision, lost her mainboom and damaged her stern, repaired, $600 loss;
10. 5/00/1869, near Chicago, Lake Michigan, collision, (Schooner, Enterprise), lost her bowsprit and replaced, $230 loss;
11. 5/00/1869, Chicago, lost her jibboom in a jam and replaced;
12. 8/00/1869, Lake Michigan, lost head gear and jibboom in a collision, (Schooner, W. H. Chapman), and repaired;
13. 11/00/1870, Lake Huron, lost her anchor and chain, replaced, $500 loss;
14. 7/00/1873, Lake Michigan, hull damaged in a gale and repaired, $400 loss;
15. 8/00/1873, Green Bay, struck a rock and repaired, $395 loss;
16. 8/20/1888, Saquian Bay, Lake Huron, sank;
Notes
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Chicago Daily Press: 12/00/1857;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856, 3/11/1861;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1872-1891);
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
8. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
9. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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