Edward Kanter (Schooner, 1862)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Newport, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: David McDole
Ownership Notes:: Freeman, Warren, (1862-1864); Tremain, Warren, (1864-1865); Fremain, W., (1867); Taemaion, W., (1871); Weeks, T. W., (1872);
Master(s):: Wickham, Samuel C., (1862-1867); Weeks, T. W., (1871-1872);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 2, 1862: Port: Detroit Number: 92 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 6-14-1865
June 14, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 202 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Port Huron 4-29-1867
April 29, 1867: Port: Port Huron Number: 38 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed District
Next document: Detroit4-14-1871
April 14, 1871: Port: Detroit Number: 89 of 1871
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Papers Issued
Next document: Erie 5-11-1872
May 11, 1872: Port: Erie Number: 10 of 1872
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Detroit 10-8-1872
October 8, 1872: Port: Detroit Number: 50 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 6-20-1873; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Edward Kanter (1862- )
Nationality:: American (1862- )
Chronology:: 1. 6/00/1868, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore and released, $2, 000 loss;
2. 8/00/1869, Plum Island, Lake Michigan, lost her head gear in a collision, (Brig, Mary), and repaired;
3. 9/00/1869, Buffalo, damaged in a freshet and repaired, $600 loss;
4. 1100/1872, 2 miles from Leland, Lake Michigan, ashore, $28, 000 loss, (iron);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollments: Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
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. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);

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