Monarch (Schooner, 1862)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Monarch
Year of Build:: 1862
Rebuilt:: 1. 1868, Simpson, Oakville, Ontario;
Official Number:: 17776

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oakville, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Duncan C. Chisholm
Ownership Notes:: Chisholm, Duncan C., (1863); Post, John R., (1868)**; Smith, Albert, (868) Filan, A., (1868); Martin,Thomas, (1870); Hathaway, J. A., (1871); Longstreet, S., (1872); Winslow, R., (1872); Workman, E., (1874);
Master(s):: Felan, Maurice, (1863); Filan, A., (1868); Carter, William, (1870-1871); Longstreet, S., (1872); Jones, B., (1872); Winslow, R., (1872); Workman, E., (1874);

Power

Number of Masts:: 3 (1862)

Hull Dimensions

1862: Length: 135' Width/Beam: 24' Depth: 10' 8"
1868: Length: 136.2' Width/Beam: 26.35' Depth: 10.55'

Tonnage

1862: Gross: 348.33
1868: Gross: 314.91

Enrollments/Registration

May 12, 1863: Port: Oakville Number: 14 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: (Canadian Registery; Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Next document: Chicago 8-13-1868
August 13, 1868: Port: Chicago Number: 29 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered to a Bark
Next document: Oswego 9-2-1868
September 2, 1868: Port: Oswego Number: 30 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Act of July 20, 1868
1869 March: Port: Oswego
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-22-1870
April 22, 1870: Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1870
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Oswego 4-1-1871
April 1, 1871: Port: Oswego Number: 122 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 3-25-1872
March 25, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 44 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-22-1872
May 22, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 100 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 12-29-1872
December 29, 1872: Port: Erie Number: 4 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-27-1874
March 27, 1874: Port: Buffalo Number: 186 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-16-1875
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked, Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Monarch (1862-1868)*;
b. Bark, Monarch (1868-1875)
Nationality:: Canada (1862-1868); American (1868-1875)

Notes

General notes:: *She was made into an American bottom and wrecked at the "Snetr Calal"; This was almost impossible to read on the enrollment, but I think it is the name of a Canal;
**John R Post and Albert Smith are from Oswego, New York;
She was valued at $16,000, in 1864;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania; Oakville, Ontario; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1864;
5. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);

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