Ocean Wave (Schooner, 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Picton, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: W. Redmond
Ownership Notes:: Curry, George, (1868-1869); Striker, G., (1868); McMahon, Patrick, (1873); Shannon, David, (1896);
Master(s):: Hicks, Peter, (1868); Martin, William, (1890);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

1868 April: Port: Picton Number: 26 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Ocean Wave (1868- )
Nationality:: Canada (1868- )
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1869, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak, sank and raised, $14, 000 loss, (stone);
2. 11/00/1873, Lake Michigan, ashore in a snow storm and released, $2, 600 loss;
3. 11/11/1890, Lake Ontario, sank in a gale, (5 lives lost);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Picton, Ontario;
2. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
3. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1873;
4. John Poole's notes;

Contact

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