Pacific (Scow Schooner, 1852)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Fairport, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: E. L. Herrick
Ownership Notes:: Fountain, R. H., (1852); Wilcox, B., (1852); Frier, P. F., (1864); Morton, G. J., (1864); Venn, Thomas, (1865);
Master(s):: Fountain, R. H., (1852); Mitchell, J. A., (1864); Venn, Henry, (1865);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 12, 1852: Port: Cleveland Number: 40 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel; Next document: Erie 5-1-1855
May 1, 1855: Port: Erie Number: 7 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 4-27-1864
April 27, 1864: Port: Erie Number: 9 of 1864
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-19-1865
May 19, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 180 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured); Next document: ( Wrecked & Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Scow Schooner, Pacific (1852- )
Nationality:: American (1852- )
Chronology:: 1. 10/7/1854, Black rock Harbor, broke her tow rope, driven high and dry on the beach and released;
2. 5/00/1864, near Lexington, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $1, 100 loss;
3. 9/00/1867, Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $48, 000 loss;
4. 6/00/1866, Port Burwell, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $1, 300 loss;
5. 6/13/1875, Green Bay, wrecked;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Detroit Free Press: 10/5/1854, 10/7/1854;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1880);

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