: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Hamilton, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Additional vessel types:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: James White
Ownership Notes:: Cook, H., (1855-1860); McAllister, J., (1864); Donaldson, (1869); Battle, John, (1871); Hall, William, (1872);
Master(s):: Muir, (1855);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 20, 1855: Port: Hamilton Number: 27 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Hamilton 00-00-1867
1867: Port: Hamilton Number: 1 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: (Condemmed previous to 1882)

History

Classification:: a. Brig., Andrew Stevens (1855-1867);
b. Schooner, Andrew Stevens (1867- )
Nationality:: Canada (1855- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/7/1856, ashore and released;
2. 5/27/1857, cleared Chicago for Liverpool, England;
3. 11/15/1867, Georgian Bay, ashore and released, $6, 000 loss;
4. 9/00/1871, Lake Ontario, ashore and released;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $10,500, has raft ports; 1864, she was valued at $8,700;
She was pioneer of the permanent line between Chicago and Great Britain;
1/28/1871, Register noted vessel as condemned & lost, dated 1871; (This note was deleted & by 2/00/1872, William Hall apparently owned the vessel);
Sources:: 1. Enrollment: Hamilton, Ontario;
2. Cleveland Evening Herald: 5/18/1857, 5/21/1857;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;

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