Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Hattie Wells (Schooner, 1867)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Hattie Wells
Year of Build:
1867
Rebuilt:
1. 1885, Port Huron, Michigan;
2. 1893, Port Huron, Michigan;
3. 1906;
Official Number:
11609
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Huron, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head (1867)
Eagle Figure head (1893)
Builder Name:
Fitzgerald and S. Stewart
Ownership Notes:
Wellls, F., (1867-1869); Fitzgerald, E. L., (1869); Long, J., (1873); Wells, L., (1872); Wells, Fred L., (1876-1904); Wells, J., (1877); Wells, Hattie I., (1879-1899); Wells, F. L., (1885); Wells, F. L., (1893); McKumon, D. L., (1912);
Master(s):
Fitzgerald, E. L., (1867-1869); Boyle, A., (1872-1877); Chamberlin, E. C., (1879); McAllister, D. H., (1880-1885); Elliott, A. M., (1893); Elliott, Charles A., (1897);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1867)*
Hull Dimensions
1867
Length: 135.1' Width/Beam: 26.3' Depth: 11.2'
1885
Length: 164.5' Width/Beam: 26.3' Depth: 11.2'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 291.45
1885
Gross: 376.24 Net: 357.43
1893
1906
Enrollments/Registration
May 2, 1867
   Port: Port Huron Number: 41 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 5-2-1868
May 2, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 7 of 1868
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 5-16-1868
May 16, 1868
   Port: Port Huron Number: 39 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 5-17-1869
May 17, 1869
   Port: Buffalo Number: 235 of 1869
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 7-19-1869
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July 19, 1869
   Port: Port Huron Number: 78 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 4-18-1872
April 18, 1872
   Port: Port Huron Number: 72 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-18-1873
March 18, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 183 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-30-1876
June 30, 1876
   Port: Port Huron Number: 78 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-11-1877
June 11, 1877
   Port: Port Huron Number: 72 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-17-1879
June 17, 1879
   Port: Port Huron Number: 89 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-13-1880
April 13, 1880
   Port: Port Huron Number: 111 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-14-1885
May 14, 1885
   Port: Port Huron Number: 100 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Port Huron 5-20-1891
May 20, 1891
   Port: Port Huron Number: 163 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-31-1892

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
October 23, 1893
   Port: Port Huron Number: 22 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers lost (redocumented)
Next document: Port Huron 4-27-1897
April 27, 1897
   Port: Port Huron Number: 98 of 1897
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

Next document: Port Huron 12-28-1907

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked, unfit for service)

Next document: Marquette 4-13-1909
April 13, 1909
   Port: Marquette
Reason: Redocumented

Next document: Marquette 11-20-1912

Next document: (Vessel Foundered)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Hattie Wells (1867-1912)
Nationality:
American (1867-1912)
Chronology:
1. 10/00/1868, Lake Huron, damaged her cargo in a gale, $18, 750 loss;
2. 11/00/1869, damaged her outfit coming up Lake Erie and refitted;
3. 4/00/1871, Lake Huron, struck a pier and repaired, $300 loss;
4. 6/00/1874, Lake Michigan, collision, (Bark, Winona), repaired, $300 loss;
5. 5/12/1883, collision and repaired;
6. 11/18/1892, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore and released, (lumber);
7. 10/12/1906, Marysville, Michigan, burned and rebuilt;
8. 11/9/1912, St. Joseph, Michigan, Lake Michigan, cargo shifted in a storm, vessel was swamped and sank;
Notes
General notes:
*She has three masts in 1893;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Marquette, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Marquette, Michigan; 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. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1913);
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
8. Toronto Globe: 12/4/1883;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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