Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Anna Craig
Year of Build:
1856
Major repairs:
1863;
Rebuilt:
1. 1869, Quebec, Quebec;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Hope, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Robert Manson
Ownership Notes:
Manson, (1857); Elliott, Charles, (1864-1869);
Tonnage
1856
Gross: 200
1869
Gross: 344
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Anna Craig (1856- )
Nationality:
Canada (1856- )
Chronology:
1. 12/00/1856, Toronto, ashore, (wheat), released, cargo $100 loss, hull $100 loss;
2. 6/2/1859, She passed Detroit, Michigan, loaded with staves headed for Europe;
3. 10/00/1861, (grain), when endeavoring to make Milwaukee in bad weather, mistook Port Washington for it, and anchored
in time to prevent her from going on the beach, got out and arrived at Milwaukee in a leaky condition, repaired, $650
loss;
4. St. Clair River, collision and repaired, $750 loss;
Notes
General notes:
1857, she was valued at $10,000; 1864, she was valued at $8,000;
Sources:
1. Canadian Vessel Register: 1857, 1864;
2. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
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;
5. Detroit Free Press: 6/3/1859;
6. Detroit Advertiser: 6/2/1859;
7. John Poole's notes;
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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