Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Challenge
Year of Build:
1853
Major repairs:
1863;
Official Number:
4574
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Youngstown, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Horactio N. Troop & Oades
Ownership Notes:
Troop, Horacio, (1853); Portch, E. M., (1862), Guynn, J., (1866); Deardorff, O., (1867-1868); Kelly, M., (1869-1878); Dickinson, t., (1876):
Master(s):
Portch, E. M., (1862); Guynn, J., (1865-1866); Jones, A., (1867); Kelly, M,. (1869); Bally, J., (1876);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1853)
Hull Dimensions
1853
Length: 100' Width/Beam: 20' 8" Depth: 8' 5"
1865
Length: 96' Width/Beam: 20.8' Depth: 8.75'
Tonnage
1853
Gross: 150 + 34/95
1865
Gross: 99.31
Enrollments/Registration
June 22, 1853
   Port: Rochester Number: 11 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 9-12-1862
September 12, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 154 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-7-1865
September 7, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 492 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 3-28-1866
March 28, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 639 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-2-1867
April 2, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 65 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-10-1868
March 10, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 58 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-15-1869
April 15, 1869
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 82 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-12-1873
May 12, 1873
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 162 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-17-1876
June 17, 1876
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 140 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-31-1879

Next document: (Vessel Sold Foreign)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Challenge (1853- )
Nationality:
American (1853-1879); Canadian (1879- )
Chronology:
1. 11/00/1869, damaged her hull and outfit by collision at Chicago, Lake Michigan, and repaired;
2. 12/00/1871, Sheboygan, sank and raised, $380 loss;
3. 11/00/1873, off Milwaukee, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $5, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
1864, she was valued at $4,500; 1875, she was valued at $2,500; 1879, she was listed with no value given;
She had two center boards and was clipper built;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Rochester, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Rochester, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1864, 1866, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1`878, 1879, 1882;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
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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