Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
A. Boody
Also known as:
E. A. Fulton
Year of Build:
1863
Rebuilt:
1. 1898;
Official Number:
872
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Toledo, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
George R. Rogers
Ownership Notes:
King, F. D., (1863); Chesbrough, Alonzo, (1864-1865); Cramer, J. W., (1864-1872); Kinckey, S., (1875): Chesbrough, A., (1878): Ibbotson, J. J., (1880): Grummond, S. B., (1880-1886); Blakesley, C. H., (1889-1891): Bladesler, Charles H., (1895-1900; Jackson, Frank, (1904); Reid Wrecking Company, (1919);
Master(s):
Dinningan, Robert, (1863); Cramer, John W., (1864-1865); Cramer, C. D., (1872-1878): Kinckey, L., (1875); Street, W., (1878); Kenna, George M., (1889):
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1863)
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 137' 9" Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11' 2"
1865
Length: 137.4' Width/Beam: 25.5' Depth: 11'
1898
Length: 137' Width/Beam: 25' Depth: 10.3'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 373 + 35/95
1865
Gross: 287.40 Net: 273.03
1898
Gross: 228
Enrollments/Registration
May 26, 1863
   Port: Toledo Number: 27 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Suspension Bridge 4-4-1864
April 4, 1864
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 9 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Suspension Bridge 4-10-1865
April 10, 1865
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 1 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Suspension Bridge 3-19-1872
March 19, 1872
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 16 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Suspension Bridge 5-13-1875
May 13, 1875
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 3 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Suspension Bridge 4-25-1877
April 25, 1877
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 5 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Suspension Bridge 9-4-1877
September 4, 1877
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 1 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 9-7-1878
September 7, 1878
   Port: Toledo Number: 7 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-29-1880
April 29, 1880
   Port: Detroit Number: 107 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-8-1889
May 8, 1889
   Port: Detroit Number: 88 of 1889
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Rochester 6-10-1889
June 10, 1889
   Port: Rochester Number: 4 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Rochester 2-13-1891
February 13, 1891
   Port: Rochester Number: 7 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Rochester 6-30-1899

Next document: (Vessel supposed to be lost in 1894)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, A. Boody (1863-1898);
b. Schooner, E. A. Fulton (1898-c.1907)
Nationality:
American 1863-1898); Canada (1898-c.1907)
Chronology:
1. 4/00/1867, Saginaw Bay, ashore and sank, raised, $5, 000 loss;
2. 5/00/1869, Niagara River, aground and lightered off, (lumber);
3. 11/22/1871, North Harbor Reef, Lake Erie, ashore, (grain), released, $3, 300 loss;
4. 7/18/1884, Detroit River, collision, (Tug, Oswego), and repaired;
Notes
General notes:
Out of documentation by about 1907; Ultimate disposition unknown;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Suspension Bridge, New York; Toledo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Suspension Bridge, New York; Toledo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1899);
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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