: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Ira Laffrienier & Stevens
Ownership Notes:: Barron, R., (1859-1864); Geel, C. S., (1864); Geel, James M., (1865); Geeve, C., (1866);
Master(s):: Baron, R., (1859-1861); Gell, C. S., (1864); Geel, Burton C., (1865);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 19, 1859: Port: Cleveland Number: 17 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 6-2-1861
June 2, 1861: Port: Cleveland Number: 57 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-3-1864
September 3, 1864: Port: Cleveland Number: 24 of 1864
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-13-1865
June 13, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 1 of 1865
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: 12-5-1865
December 5, 1865: Number: 32 of 1865
Document Type: Registration

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Union (1859- )
Nationality:: American (1859- )
Chronology:: 1. 9/00/1859, Buffalo Harbor, collision, (Schooner, Arctic), repaired, $100 loss;
2. 10/00/1861, Presque Isle, Lake Huron, ashore and released, hull $2, 600 loss, cargo $5, 000 loss;
3. 8/21/1863, Cheboygan, ashore and released, $375 loss;
4. 9/00/1863, sprang a leak on Lake Huron and repaired;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $4,600; 1866, she was valued at $3,500; 1871, she was listed with no value given;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's note's;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;

Contact

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