Welland (Steamer, 1852)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Kingston, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Additional vessel types:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: George Thurston
Ownership Notes:: Fitzhugh, (1853); Ferguson, William, (1856-1860); Ferguson, (1864-1866); Boyd, (1864-1866); Calder, (1864-1866); Nickel,(1869);
Master(s):: Calder, (1863);

Power

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Welland (1852-1863);
b. Bark, Arabia (1863- )
Nationality:: Canada (1852- )
Chronology:: 1. 7/14/1853, Oswego, burned and repaired;
2. 7/00/1863, Lake Michigan, damaged her cargo in a gale, $10, 000 loss;
3. 8/00/1866, Spectacle Reef, Lake Huron, ashore and released;
4. 10/8/1868, Colborne, Lake Erie, ashore, (wheat), released, $5, 200 loss;
5. 7/00/1869, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak and repaired, $375 loss;
6. 10/00/1869, Kingston, Lake Ontario, damaged hull and outfit in a collision, (Brig, New York), and repaired;
7. 6/00/1871, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $4, 500 loss;
8. 6/00/1874, Welland Canal, collision, (Schooner, O. M. Bond), repaired, $200 loss;
8. 10/5/1884, at entrance of Georgian Bay, sank, (corn);

Notes

General notes:: 1856, she was valued at $10,000; 1864, she was valued at $12,000;
1863, bottom of Steamer, Welland, strengthened and refastened, (could be Bark, Arabia or Bark, Arctic);
1866, new mainsail required next fall;
Sources:: 1. Canadian Vessel Register: 1856, 1857, 1860, 1864, 1866;
2. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
4. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;
5. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

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