Trinidad (Schooner, 1867)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Grand Island, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: William Keef
Ownership Notes:: 1. Keller, John, (1867); Holt, R. D., (1881); Keller, J., (1867-1868); Finn, P., (1872-1873);
Master(s):: Horton, J. W., (1867-1868); Finn, P., (1872-1873); Higgins, J. J., (1881);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 3, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 309 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 10-28-1867
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October 28, 1867: Port: Oswego Number: 51 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Oswego 4-16-1868
April 16, 1868: Port: Oswego Number: 9 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Oswego 4-22-1870
April 22, 1870: Port: Oswego Number: 65 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-18-1872
April 18, 1872: Port: Oswego Number: 134 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-19-1873
April 19, 1873: Port: Oswego Number: 136 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-19-1881
April 19, 1881: Port: Oswego Number: 110 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-18-1881; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Trinidad (1867-1881)
Nationality:: American (1867-1881)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1873, Detroit River, damaged by collision and repaired, $100 loss;
2. 5/10/1881, 12 miles west of Ahnapee, Wisconsin, off Milwaukee, Lake Michigan, sank;
3. 8/30/1881, a buoy placed over the wreck;

Notes

General notes:: She was wired rigged;
She was owned at Oswego, New York, in 1873;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracdts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Oswego, New York;
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. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1881);

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