: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Wellington Square, Ontario*
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: John Simpson
Ownership Notes:: Buntin, Henry, (1866-1869); Waldie, J., (1866); Shaw, John, (1895); McDonald, John, (1905);
Master(s):: Simsson, J., (1866); Mours, John, (no date given); Finlayson, Neal, (1868);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 4, 1866: Port: Hamilton**
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: 2-7-1912

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Azov (1866-1912)
Nationality:: Canada (1866-1912)
Chronology:: 1. 11/(16-19)/1869, near Toronto, Lake Ontario, ashore and released;
2. 7/00/1870, Lake Ontario, sank by collision and raised, $46, 000 loss;
3. 10/7/1870, Lake Ontario, collision, (Propeller, British), sank and raised;
4. 10/22/1911, 20 miles from Point Aux Barques, Lake Huron, capsized and drifted ashore at Port Clarke, (near Port Elgin),
on 10/22/1911, sank; (She sank at 4:00 P.M. 10/22/1911);

Notes

General notes:: *Wellington Square is near Hamilton, Ontario;
Sources:: 1. Enrollments: Hamilton, Ontario;
2. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
3. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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