Mediator (Schooner, 1843)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Mediator
Also known as:: Sinbad
Year of Build:: 1843
Rebuilt:: 1. 1862, S. G. Johnson, Cape Vincent, New York;
2. 1865, Clayton, New York;
3. 1882, Chicago, Illinois;
Official Number:: 16345

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Sarnia, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Ownership Notes:: Drummond, (1854); Merrick, E. G., (1854); Camereon, M., (1856-1857); Baker, Alden, F., (1862-1865); Johnson, (1862-1864); Hathway, J. A., (1868); Janta, J., (1873); Hughes, W. T., (1877): Jones, J. W., (1879); Skeele, J. H., (1881-1882); Skeele, C. M., (1888); Rathbone, Joseph, (1888); Rathbone, James, (1893); Schuenemann, O. I., (1894); Johnneman Otto E., (1895);
Master(s):: Horn, (1854); Warwick, J., (1854); Mindock, Ino, (1865); Tracy, J., (1867): Linney, H. C., (1868); Jones, J. W., (1877-1879); Swanson, D., (1881); Skeele, J. H., (1882); Johnson, T., (1888); Rathbone, Joseph, (1888); Peterson, E., (1894);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1843)**

Hull Dimensions

1865: Length: 127' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11'
1882: Length: 127.3' Width/Beam: 27.5' Depth: 10'

Tonnage

1843: Gross: 200
1862: Gross: 361 Net: 300
1865: Gross: 263.83 Net: 244.09
1882: Gross: 256.93 Net: 244.09

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: French Creek 4-4-1864
April 4, 1864: Port: French Creek Number: 11 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: French Creek 4-3-1865
April 3, 1865: Port: French Creek Number: 11 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: French Creek 4-8-1867
April 8, 1867: Port: French Creek Number: 40 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 3-31-1868
March 31, 1868: Port: Oswego Number: 3 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-5-1873
April 5, 1873: Port: Milwaukee Number: 106 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-12-1877
October 12, 1877: Port: Milwaukee Number: 20 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-16-1879
June 16, 1879: Port: Milwaukee Number: 118 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-17-1881
March 17, 1881: Port: Chicago Number: 71 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-10-1882
March 10, 1882: Port: Chicago Number: 61 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-14-1888
July 14, 1888: Port: Chicago Number: 4 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 11-14-1888
November 14, 1888: Port: Chicago Number: 34 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-4-1894
April 4, 1894: Port: Chicago Number: 57 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-10-1898; Next document: (Vessel Lost); Next document: Chicago 10-10-1898; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Sinbad (1843-1862);
b. Schooner, Mediator (1862-1898)
Nationality:: Canadian (1843-1862); American (1862-1898)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1863, Lake Michigan, lost 2 men overboard;
2. 5/00/1868, Welland Canal, sprang a leak and repaired, $4, 700 loss;
3. 9/18/1898, one mile west of Gratiot River, Michigan, 10 miles northeast of Portage Ship Canal, Michigan, Lake Superior,
broke tow line, ashore and became a total loss;

Notes

General notes:: *1864 vessel register notes that she was built at Clayton, New York in 1862 on the bottom of the Schooner, Sinbad;
**3 mast in 1848;
1854, she was valued at $2,000 pounds; 1857, she was valued at $4,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; French Creek, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; French Creek, New York;
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. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1899);
6. Register of the Shipping of the Lakes and River St. Lawrence, 1864, by Robert Thomas;
7. Canadian Vessel Register: 1854, 1856, 1857;

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