Fearless (Schooner, 1867)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Ferrysburg, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: John W. Brown
Ownership Notes:: Kelly, J. H., (1870-1879); Slawson, G. W., (1880): Certling, H., (1885); Oerttang, H., (1893-1899); Williamson, H. N., (1899-1904); Chicago Transportation Company, (1916-1919);
Master(s):: Beckly, John G., (1867); Stud, W., (1870-1873); Steed, W., (1879); Crangle, J., (1880); Oertling, H., (1885); Williaamson, H. N., (1899);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Milwaukee 8-29-1867
August 29, 1867: Port: Milwaukee Number: 16 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-30-1870
August 30, 1870: Port: Milwaukee Number: 11 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-30-1872
August 30, 1872: Port: Milwaukee Number: 24 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Papers Issued
Next document: Milwaukee 4-3-1879
April 3, 1879: Port: Milwaukee Number: 71 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-29-1880
March 29, 1880: Port: Milwaukee Number: 80 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-18-1880
April 18, 1885: Port: Milwaukee Number: 52 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-6-1899
March 6, 1899: Port: Milwaukee Number: 59 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-29-1911
April 29, 1911: Port: Chicago
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Fearless (1867- );
b. Propeller (Gas), Fearless ( -1913)
Nationality:: American (1867-1913)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1869, hull damaged in a gale on Lake Michigan and repaired;
2. 10/20/1871, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, ashore and released;
3. 6/8/1871, Mount Minery, Lake Michigan, capsized and righted, $800 loss;
4. 8/00/1872, Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, sprang a leak, capsized and righted, $350 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was abandoned in 1913;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
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. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1872-1914);

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