Melrose (Schooner, 1852)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Three River (Mile) Bay, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Asa Wilcox
Ownership Notes:: Johnson, S. B., (1852-1858); Bond, C. M., (1862); Whitney, D., (1862-1864); Scott, I. B., (1865);
Master(s):: Becker, Hiram, (1852-1858); Dorch, W., (1862); Whitney, D., (1862); Stebbens,J., (1863); Rusha, Francis, (1865);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 21, 1852: Port: Oswego Number: 55 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: PE
Next document: Oswego 4-8-1858
April 8, 1858: Port: Oswego Number: 13 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Oswego 4-11-1862
April 11, 1862: Port: Oswego Number: 15 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 12-27-1862
December 27, 1862: Port: Oswego Number: 63 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1863
April 17, 1863: Port: Detroit Number: 56 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-29-1865
April 29, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 120 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 5-12-1871
May 12, 1871: Port: Detroit Number: 111 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Detroit 12-28-1874; Next document: (Vessel total loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Melrose (1852-1874)
Nationality:: American (1852-1874)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1869, Straits of Mackinaw, damaged by collision, (Propeller, Adriatic), and repaired, $375 loss;
2. 11/00/1869, partially dismasted on Lake Erie and replaced;
3. 8/00/1870, Lake Ontario, lost a man overboard;
4. 5/00/1871, Detroit River, lost her anchor and replaced, $300 loss;
5. 7/00/1874, sprang a leak on Lake Michigan and repaired, $300 loss;
6. 10/2/1874, near Sheboygan, Lake Michigan, wrecked, (salt);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1916);
6. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
7. John Poole's notes;

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