Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Bullfinch (Schooner, 1855)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Bullfinch
Also known as:
Garritt Smith
Year of Build:
1855
Major repairs:
1863;
Rebuilt:
1. 1885;
Official Number:
10542
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Bidwell & Banta
Ownership Notes:
Holley, S. J., (1855); Sanderson, (1855); Harder, P. M., (1861); Murphey, R., (1862-1865); Ratclift, C., (1863); Pulver, W. W., (1864); Goble, N. C., (1876); Duyer, A., (1877); Goble, A. C., (1879); Loftus, P., (1880); Myers, Patrick, (1880-1882); Murphy, S. A., (1885); Winn, James E., (1886); Doville, Joseph, (1892); Thompson, B., (1893);
Master(s):
Vance, C., (1855); Redfield, J., (1857); Morgan, L., (1861); Murphey, R., (1862-1863); Ryan, P. H., (1877); Myers, J. A., (1880); Myers, Patrick, (1880); Murphy, S. A., (1885); Bailey, George, (1886); Doville, Joseph, (1892); Hemel,A. F., (1893);
Hull Dimensions
1855
Length: 137' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11'
1885
Length: 133.6' Width/Beam: 25.2' Depth: 10.6'
Tonnage
1855
Gross: 352 + 76/95
1865
Gross: 254.33 Net: 241.62
1885
Gross: 254.33 Net: 241.62
Enrollments/Registration
September 1, 1855
   Port: Oswego Number: 31 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: New York 11-4-1856
November 4, 1856
   Port: New York Number: 683 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-9-1857
May 9, 1857
   Port: Oswego Number: 13 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 8-27-1861
August 27, 1861
   Port: Oswego Number: 59 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-15-1862
April 15, 1862
   Port: Oswego Number: 21 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-11-1863
April 11, 1863
   Port: Oswego Number: 23 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-18-1865
April 18, 1865
   Port: Oswego Number: 26 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Oswego 10-21-1876
October 21, 1876
   Port: Oswego Number: 7 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-1-1877
May 1, 1877
   Port: Oswego Number: 15 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 8-30-1879
August 30, 1879
   Port: Oswego Number: 12 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 2-12-1880
February 12, 1880
   Port: Oswego Number: 19 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-8-1880
April 8, 1880
   Port: Chicago Number: 141 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-21-1882
March 21, 1882
   Port: Chicago Number: 72 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-11-1884

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
June 16, 1885
   Port: Detroit Number: 64 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Detroit 4-24-1886
April 24, 1886
   Port: Detroit Number: 50 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-18-1890
April 18, 1890
   Port: Sandusky Number: 33 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-28-1892
May 28, 1892
   Port: Cleveland Number: 112 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-2-1892
July 2, 1892
   Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-17-1893
April 17, 1893
   Port: Cleveland Number: 93 of 1893
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-1-1893
May 1, 1893
   Port: Port Huron Number: 149 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 7-17-1899
July 17, 1899
   Port: Port Huron
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Bullfinch (1855-1855);*;
b. Schooner, Garritt Smith (1855- )
Nationality:
American (1855- )
Chronology:
1. 9/00/1858, off Devil's Nose, Lake Ontario, collision, (Schooner, Lively), repaired, $2, 400 loss;
2. 7/00/1860, Saginaw Bay, collision, (unknown propeller), stove in her bows, lost head gear, repaired, $400 loss;
3. 8/00/1860, Chicago, sprang a leak while loading wheat in consequence of two auger holes being left open by the
carpenters at Detroit, repaired, $300 loss;
4. 10/00/1863, Milwaukee, struck the pier and repaired, $, 3, 800 loss;
5. 7/00/1865, Cape Vincent, Lake Ontario, ashore on a shoal and released, $3, 600 loss;
6. 6/00/1866, Lake Michigan, damaged outfit in a gale and refitted, $1, 500 loss;
7. 10/00/1868, Lake Huron, lost her anchors and chains, replaced, $1, 600 loss;
8. 6/00/1869, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore and released, $8, 000 loss;
9. 6/00/1869, Detroit River, collision and repaired, $250 loss;
10. 8/00/1869, Detroit River, grounded and lightered off;
11. 11/6/1869, Rondeau, Lake Erie, (railroad iron), ashore and released, $4, 800 loss;
12. 8/00/1873, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and repaired, $535 loss;
13. 10/24/1884, Crawford's Q., Lake Huron, stranded and became a total wreck, (posts);
Notes
General notes:
*Launched as Schooner Bullfinch, but name changed before first enrollment;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1902);
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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