H. C. Potter (Schooner, 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: East Saginaw, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: Tripps and William Blybon
Ownership Notes:: Blyben, William, (1868); Hoyt, Jesse, (1868-1873); Bentley, George T., (1870-1872); Smith, S. L., (1873); Smith, Abraham,(1873); Mitchell, J. B., (1883); Smith, Abram, (1884-1891); Westbrook, Abbie, (1891);
Master(s):: Blybon, William, (1868-1870; Bentley, George T., (1872); Ames, I., (1873); Mitchell, J. B., (1883); Smith, Abram, (1884); Price, J. W., (1891);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 27, 1868: Port: Port Huron Number: 86 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-6-1870
May 6, 1870: Port: Buffalo Number: 165 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-29-1872
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February 29, 1872: Port: Buffalo Number: 90 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-5-1873
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May 5, 1873: Port: Port Huron Number: 2 of 1873
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-4-1873
June 4, 1873: Port: Port Huron Number: 113 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-31-1883
May 31, 1883: Port: Chicago Number: 109 of 1883
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Port Huron 4-30-1884
April 30, 1884: Port: Port Huron Number: 132 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 4-25-1891
April 25, 1891: Port: Detroit Number: 70 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 12-8-1891; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, H. C. Potter (1868- )
Nationality:: American (1868- )
Chronology:: 1. 12/24/1868, Saginaw Bay, (grain), got frozen in and remained until spring of 1869;
2. 10/00/1869, steering gear disabled on Lake Michigan;
3. 11/(16-19)/1869, damaged on Spectacle Reef, Lake Huron and repaired;
4. 11/.27/1891, Point Aux Barques, Lake Huron, went on a reef , waterlogged and wrecked;

Notes

General notes:: Building at Tripps yard in Saginaw under supervision of William Blybon;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1892);

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