Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Cornelia Amsden
Year of Build:
1863
Rebuilt:
1. 1878;
Official Number:
5054
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Fremont, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
William Totten
Ownership Notes:
Totten, Willliam, (1863-1864); Lea, A. D., (1864); Lea, J. D., (1865); Dimon, D., (1867-1869); Pierce, A. J., (1876); Ferris, R. J., (1878): Weeks, J. L., (1880); Maning, M., (1881); Laughlin, John, (1882-1886); Kaner, Peter, (1888); Schneider, G., (1893);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1863)
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 120' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 8' 4"
1865
Length: 118.9' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 8.2'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 238 + 10/95
1865
Gross: 184.08 Net: 174.88
1878
Enrollments/Registration
April 16, 1863
   Port: Sandusky Number: 36 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 9-4-1863
September 4, 1863
   Port: Sandusky Number: 36 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 4-2-1864
April 2, 1864
   Port: Sandusky Number: 5 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-5-1865
April 5, 1865
   Port: Sandusky Number: 13 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Sandusky 9-18-1869
September 18, 1869
   Port: Sandusky Number: 28 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-4-1876
November 4, 1876
   Port: Buffalo Number: 17 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-16-1878
View document online
May 16, 1878
   Port: Buffalo Number: 73 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Sandusky 4-8-1880
View document online
April 8, 1880
   Port: Sandusky Number: 28 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-20-1881
April 20, 1881
   Port: Detroit Number: 73 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-24-1881
September 24, 1881
   Port: Detroit Number: 29 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Detroit 5-11-1882
May 11, 1882
   Port: Detroit Number: 119 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 9-14-1882
September 4, 1882
   Port: Port Huron Number: 36 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 9-30-1882
September 30, 1882
   Port: Milwaukee Number: x32 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 9-27-1886
September 27, 1886
   Port: Chicago Number: 19 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-17-1888
April 17, 1888
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 124 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-11-1893
April 11, 1893
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 102 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-11-1897

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Cornelia Amsden (1863-1897)*
Nationality:
American (1863-1897)
Chronology:
1. 9/00/1863, Sandusky, ashore and released, $3, 100 loss;
2. 00/00/1865, Malden, Detroit River, collision, (Propeller, Dunkirk), repaired;
Notes
General notes:
*Through a clerical error, she was enrolled as "C. Amsden: at Sandusky, Ohio, 4/5/1865;
Home Port: Port Huron, Michigan, 1883; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1884-1885;
Vessel abandoned on an old Gas Plant at Sheboygan, Wisconsin and was buried later as part of a land fill;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1897);
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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