Knight Templar (Schooner, 1865)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Knight Templar
Year of Build:: 1865
Rebuilt:: 1. 1888, Algonac, Michigan;
Official Number:: 14110

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Goble Lyons
Ownership Notes:: Lyon, Daniel, (1865-1875); Calbrick, W. B., (1879); Stockbridge, T. B., (1881); Blanchard,, H. J., (1884); Thacher, H. T., (1885); Dana, G. D., (1888); Dawswell, C. J., (1890-1893); Davidson, C. J., (1893); Gilchrist, F. W., (1894-1904);
Master(s):: Gillmore, Robert A., (1865); Delrum, J., (1875); Calbrick, W. B., (1879); Beggs, D., (1881); Rose, William, (1884); Blanchard, H. G., (1885); Dana, G. D., (1888-1890); Moore, S. D., (1893); Gilchrist, F. W., (1894);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1865)

Hull Dimensions

1865: Length: 135.9' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 10.3'

Tonnage

1865: Gross: 289.74 Net: 275.26
1888

Enrollments/Registration

May 20, 1865: Port: Oswego Number: 61 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 5-6-1875
May 6, 1875: Port: Oswego
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-15-1875
May 15, 1875: Port: Oswego Number: 27 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-19-1879
May 19, 1879: Port: Chicago Number: 85 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Grand Haven 4-26-1881
April 26, 1881: Port: Grand Haven Number: 112 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 4-16-1884
April 16, 1884: Port: Detroit Number: 39 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-26-1885
June 26, 1885: Port: Detroit Number: 67 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-10-1888
July 10, 1888: Port: Port Huron Number: 7 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 8-22-1890
August 22, 1890: Port: Port Huron Number: 24 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-10-1893
April 10, 1893: Port: Port Huron Number: 100 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-8-1894
March 8, 1894: Port: Port Huron Number: 39 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-2-1905; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Knight Templar (1865-1905)
Nationality:: American (1865-1905)
Chronology:: 1. 12/4/1865. St. Clair Flats, sank and raised;
2. 6/00/1869, Chicago, damaged by collision with a bridge and repaired. $200 loss;
3. 4/00/1874, at Oswego, Lake Ontario, collision, (Propeller, City of Concord), repaired, $400 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was abandoned in 1905;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1906);

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Agency street/mail address:

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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