Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Challenge
Also known as:
John Wesley
Year of Build:
1852
Rebuilt:
1. 1869, John Allen, Picton, Ontario;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wolfe Island, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Sloop
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head (1852)
Builder Name:
John Oades
Ownership Notes:
Eccles, Alfred, (1861); Davis, James William, (1864); Wilson, James C., (1867); Atkins, James, (1868-1873); McCaw, John, (1872); Lobb, William E., (1873); Clark, Salem, (1875);
Master(s):
Eccles, Alfred, (1861); Atkin, James, (1869);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1852)
Hull Dimensions
1852
Length: 64' Width/Beam: 13.7' Depth: 5'
1869
Length: 67' Width/Beam: 17' 2" Depth: 4' 8"
Tonnage
1852
Gross: 33
1869
Gross: 40
Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Kingston 11-13-1861
November 13, 1861
   Port: Kingston Number: 102 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Picton 5-10-1869
May 10, 1869
   Port: Picton Number: 131 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
History
Classification:
a. Sloop, Challenge (1852-1869);
b. Schooner, John Wesley, (1869- )
Nationality:
Canada (1852- )
Chronology:

1. 8/00/1869, arrived at Racine in a leaky condition and repaired;

Notes
General notes:
*She had two masts in 1869;
Wolfe Island is in Frontenac County, Ontario;
Wolfe Island (Grand Island) is 5 miles distant from Clayton, New York, on the Canadian side;
Sources:
1. Enrollment: Kingston, Ontario; Picton, Ontario;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
4. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1873;
5. Detroit Free Press: 5/12/1869;
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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