H. F. Merry (Barge, 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sandusky, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Barge
Additional vessel types:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Ownership Notes:: Farwill, J. H., (1868); Merry, H., (1869); Dwelle, B. F. (1877-1881);
Master(s):: Farwill, J. H., (1868-1869); Gay, (1866); Merry, (1866); Nichols, C. B., (1880-1881);

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 20, 1868: Port: Sandusky Number: 23 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 5-13-1869
May 13, 1869: Port: Sandusky Number: 13 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered to a Schooner
Next document: Sandusky 5-7-1877
May 7, 1877: Port: Sandusky Number: 12 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 3-6-1880
March 6, 1880: Port: Sandusky Number: 21 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-25-1881
April 25, 1881: Port: Sandusky Number: 22 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Sandusky 5-24-1884; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Barge, H. F. Merry (1868-1869);
b. Schooner, H. F. Merry (1869-1884)
Nationality:: American (1868-1884)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1869, Lake Erie, lost her centre board in a gale and repaired, $320 loss;
2. 4/00/1874, ashore at Kelley's Island, Lake Erie and released, $1, 200 loss;
3. 11/12/1883, ashore and wrecked at Silver Creek, Lake Erie;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Sandusky, Ohio;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1884);
6. John Poole's notes;
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

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