Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Excelsior (Schooner, 1867)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Excelsior
Year of Build:
1867
Official Number:
7521
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
W. R. Bonton
Ownership Notes:
Bonton, W., R., (1867);
Master(s):
Bonton, W. R., (1867);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1867)
Hull Dimensions
1867
Length: 93' Width/Beam: 22.6' Depth: 7.5'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 98.84
Enrollments/Registration
May 17, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 123 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Excelsior (1867- )
Nationality:
American (1867- )
Chronology:
1. 9/00/1867, Chicago, collision and repaired, $300 loss;
2. 4/00/1869, Buffalo, collision and repaired, $300 loss;
3. 4/00/1869, broke her fastenings by Propeller, Rocket drifting foul of her and repaired;
4. 5/00/1869, Grass Island, Green Bay, collision, (Schooner, Cuba), repaired;
5. 11/00/1869, Charity Shoals, ashore and sank, (coal), raised
6. 11/20/1869, Point Au Sable, Lake Huron, ashore and released;
Notes
General notes:
Home Port: Green Bay, (1869-1876);
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
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: (1868-1877);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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