E. R. Blake (Schooner, 1867)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Washington, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: A. Carlson
Ownership Notes:: Germanson, R., (1867-1870); Johnson, L., (1871); Johnson, M., (1884); Michelson, Halron, (1886-1896); Empire Limestone Company, (1904-1906);
Master(s):: Curle, W., (1867); Bessert, G., (1870); Johnson, L., (1871-1884); Sporland, J. C., (1886); Johnson, William, (1896);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 24, 1867: Port: Milwaukee Number: 8 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 8-10-1868
August 10, 1868: Port: Chicago Number: 1 of 1868
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Milwaukee 5-7-1870
May 7, 1870: Port: Milwaukee Number: 109 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 3-6-1871
March 6, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 88 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-6-1884
May 6, 1884: Port: Chicago Number: 102 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-19-1886
April 19, 1886: Port: Chicago Number: 51 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-9-1896
April 9, 1896: Port: Chicago Number: 86 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Errors in Paper work
Next document: Buffalo 3-26-1903
March 26, 1903: Port: Buffalo
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Buffalo 9-18-1906; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, E. R. Blake (1867-1904);
b. Barge, E. R. Blake (1904-1906)
Nationality:: American (1867-1906)
Chronology:: 1. 7/3/1867, Port Washington, launched on a sandbar and released;
2. 4/4/1868, Port Washington, ashore and released;
3. 5/00/1869, Chicago, collision, (unknown derrick), lost her bowsprit and headgear and replaced, $800 loss;
4. 7/00/1869, White Fish Point, Lake Michigan, ashore and released;
5. 9/00/1869, Lake Michigan, damaged her outfit in heavy weather and refitted;
6. 7/00/1873, Green Bay, ashore and released, $1, 800 loss;
7. 7/00/1874, jettisoned ten tons or ore in Lake Erie, damaged hull, repaired, $200 loss;
8. 5/21/1883, collision and repaired;
9. 10/4/1883, collision and repaired;
10. 10/23/1898, Duck Island, at the South Manitou Island, Lake Huron, burned;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; 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: (1873-1904);
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
8. Toronto Globe: 12/4/1883;

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