Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Flying Scud (Scow, 1868)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Flying Scud
Also known as:
Robert Davis
Year of Build:
1868
Rebuilt:
1. 1872, Kingston, Ontario;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Battersea, Ontario*
Vessel Type:
Scow
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
A. G. Dugal & G. Holmes
Ownership Notes:
Davis, Robert, (1868); Breck, Allen, (1869); Folger Brothers, (1869); Eccles, Dexter, (1871); Palmatier, J., (1872-1874); Minaker, Albert, (1872); Ostrander.(1880)
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1868)**
Hull Dimensions
1868
Length: 79' Width/Beam: 17.7' Depth: 4.9'
Tonnage
1868
Registered: 120
1872
Registered: 63
Enrollments/Registration
October 28, 1868
   Port: Kingston Number: 195 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Picton 5-19-1880
May 19, 1880
   Port: Picton
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Scow (Sloop), Flying Scud (1868-1872 );
b. Schooner, Robert Davis (1872-1880)
Nationality:
Canada (1868-1880)
Chronology:

1. 11/00/1878, the upper gap on the Bay of Quinte, ashore and released;

Notes
General notes:
*Battersea is in the County of Frontenac;
**She had two masts and was Schooner rigged on 4/23/1872 ;
7/2/1880, she was taken to Bath, Ontario, and broken up;
Sources:
1. Enrollment: Kingston, Ontario; Picton, Ontario;
2. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869, 1873;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218
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