Fostoria (Schooner, 1865)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Fostoria
Year of Build:: 1865
Official Number:: 9534

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Black River, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: W. S. Lyons & Alanson Gilmore
Ownership Notes:: Flint, Venjamin, (1865); Tillotson, C., (1869); Anderson, R., (1873); McLean, W. S., 91875); Schuck, R. E., (1879): Garrey, Thomas B., (1887); Garey, John G., (1892-1894); Finlayson, Donald, (1896); Park, Peter E., (1896); DeGaw, Jphn A., (1897); Bourlleres, Alphonse, (1899-1900); Koch, C. E., (1901);
Master(s):: McPhail, Alexander, (1865); Tillotson, C., (1869); Coleman, H. J., (1873); Lapham, Z., (1875); Johnson, G., (1879): Garrey, Thomas B., (1887); Garey, C. G., (1892-1894); Finlayson, Donald, (1896-1897); Hawley, Edward T., (1896);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1865)

Hull Dimensions

1865: Length: 123.6' Width/Beam: 26.5' Depth: 8.4'

Tonnage

1865: Gross: 237.59 Net: 225.72

Enrollments/Registration

July 26, 1865: Port: Sandusky Number: 53 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 4-7-1869
April 7, 1869: Port: Sandusky Number: 5 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-9-1873
April 9, 1873: Port: Buffalo Number: 144 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-4-1875
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June 4, 1875: Port: Port Huron Number: 91 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 10-4-1879
October 4, 1879: Port: Sandusky Number: 13 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-20-1887
April 20, 1887: Port: Port Huron Number: 131 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-9-1892
April 9, 1892: Port: Port Huron Number: 115 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-22-1894
March 22, 1894: Port: Port Huron Number: 65 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-9-1896
October 9, 1896: Port: Detroit Number: 14 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 12-14-1896
December 14, 1896: Port: Detroit Number: 21 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-9-1897
April 9, 1897: Port: Detroit Number: 55 of 1897
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-8-1898
August 8, 1898: Port: Detroit Number: 8 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-9-1899
March 9, 1899: Port: Detroit Number: 41 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 1-13-1900
January 13, 1900: Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Fostoria (1865- )
Nationality:: American (1865- )
Chronology:: 1. 8/00/1869, Lake Michigan, outfit damaged in a gale and refitted, $500 loss;
2. 10/00/1869, Chicago, lost her mainmast and replaced, $300 loss;
3. 11/00/1869, damaged in a gale on Lake Michigan and repaired;
4. 8/00/1874, near Detour Light, Lake Huron, sank and raised;
5. 5/10/1901, St. Clair River, sank due to ice;

Notes

General notes:: Home Port: Fremont, Ohio, 1869-1872; Buffalo, 1873-1875; East Saginaw, 1876-1880; Sandusky, (1880-1885;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
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. John Poole's notes;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1901);

Contact

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