Edmond Fitzgerald (Schooner, 1870)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Huron, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Edmond Fitzgerald and Leighton
Ownership Notes:: Fitzgerald, Edmond, (1870); Winslow, R., (1871); Haley, John, (1873-1883);
Master(s):: Fitzgerald, Edmond, (1870); Deolt, C., (1871); Fitch, W., (1871); Haley, John, (1873); Davis, A. G., (1877); Langan, Daniel, (1883);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

November 3, 1870: Port: Port Huron Number: 39 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 3-16-1871
March 16, 1871: Port: Cleveland Number: 57 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-18-1971
March 18, 1871: Port: Cleveland Number: 60 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-29-1873
January 29, 1873: Port: Buffalo Number: 115 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-28-1877
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May 28, 1877: Port: Milwaukee Number: 9 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-14-1877
June 14, 1877: Port: Buffalo Number: 54 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-30-1884
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Edmond Fitzgerald (1870-1884)
Nationality:: American (1870-1884)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1873, Racine, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $6, 900 loss;
2. 5/3/1883, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore and released, (coal);
3. 11/14/1883, Long Point Cut, Lake Erie, ashore, (wheat), (7 lives lost);
4. 12/4/1883, vessel stripped and abandoned;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1872-1884);
6. Toronto Globe: 12/4/1883;

Contact

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