Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Margaret R. Goffe (Bark, 1862)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Margaret R. Goffe
Year of Build:
1862
Rebuilt:
1. 1874;
Official Number:
17738
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Clair, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Bark
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
R. C. Conwell (Cornwell)
Ownership Notes:
Smith, Eugene, (1862-1868); Kerr, Thomas, (1867); Smith, S., (1870); Smith, E., (1874-1879); Fletcher, F. W., (1882-1884); Recor, E. C., (1885-1886); Fish, Thomas, (1891); Fish, M., (1893);
Master(s):
Sprout, R. C., (1862); Walker,Thomas E., (1865); Dunbar,W. S., (1867); Kerr, Thomas, (1868); McGares, A., (1870); Smith, E., (1874); Balfour, J., (1879); Henderson, E. M., (1884); Recor, E. C., (1885-1886); Webb, William, (1891); Bonnah, G. R., (1893);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1862)
Hull Dimensions
1862
Length: 134' Width/Beam: 25' Depth: 11'
1874
Length: 135.8' Width/Beam: 25.1' Depth: 10.75'
Tonnage
1862
Gross: 375 + 67/95
1874
Gross: 278.78 Net: 264.85
1865
Enrollments/Registration
August 29, 1862
   Port: Detroit Number: 151 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 10-3-1865
October 3, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 322 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Erie 9-25-1867
September 25, 1867
   Port: Erie Number: 3 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 8-31-1868
August 31, 1868
   Port: Port Huron Number: 87 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 8-26-1869
August 26, 1869
   Port: Chicago Number: 5 of 1869
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 5-2-1870
May 2, 1870
   Port: Port Huron Number: 34 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Marquette 11-8-1873
November 8, 1873
   Port: Marquette Number: 2 of 1873
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 4-2-1874
April 2, 1874
   Port: Port Huron Number: 74 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a schooner
Next document: Port Huron 4-26-1879
April 26, 1879
   Port: Port Huron Number: 62 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a barge
Next document: Port Huron 5-5-1882
May 5, 1882
   Port: Port Huron Number: 172 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-28-1884
April 28, 1884
   Port: Port Huron Number: 131 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-13-1885
May 13, 1885
   Port: Port Huron Number: 114 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-30-1886
April 30, 1886
   Port: Port Huron Number: 86 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-17-1888
April 17, 1888
   Port: Port Huron Number: 140 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-25-1891
April 25, 1891
   Port: Port Huron Number: 138 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-8-1893
May 8, 1893
   Port: Port Huron Number: 152 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-39-1894

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, Margaret R. Goffe (1862-1874);
b. Schooner, Margaret R. Goffe (1874-1874);
c. Barge, Margaret R. Goffe (1874-1894)
Nationality:
American (1862-1894)
Chronology:
1. 8/00/1867, Port Colborne, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $15, 500 loss;
2. 8/00/1869, Chicago, Lake Michigan, damaged her stern in a collision, (Schooner, Little May), and repaired;
3. 11/00/1869, lost her sails in a gale on Lake Erie and refitted;
4. 5/00/1893, St. Clair River, collision, (Schooner, Iron Cliff), sank below Stag Island;
Notes
General notes:
She was being cut up for firewood on 2/10/1896;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Erie, Pennsylvania; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollments: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Erie, Pennsylvania; 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. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1894);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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