Kate Norton (Schooner, 1863)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Milan, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Edwards
Ownership Notes:: Minure, (1863); Minnet, Alfred, (1863); Wilber, J. B., (1863);
Master(s):: Wood, George, (1863);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 11, 1863: Port: Sandusky Number: 21 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Kate Norton (Naton) (1863-1863)
Nationality:: American (1863-1863)
Chronology:: 1. 10/29/1863, Lake Erie, foundered with all on board, (8 lives lost), (oats & black walnut gun stocks), $34, 500 loss; She was
spotted 18 miles above Long Point, 11/1/1863, upside down with floating gun stocks by Captain John L. Andrews of the
Schooner, Dan Marble. The Kate Norton had left Toledo headed for Buffalo at the time of the loss;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Sandusky, Ohio;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Detroit Free Press: 11/5/1863;
6. Detroit Advertiser: 11/6/1863;

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