Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Star (Schooner, 1873)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Star
Also known as:
Corisande
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
71163
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Mill Point, Ontario*
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
William Jamison**
Ownership Notes:
Georgie, Williamson, (1873);
Master(s):
Geordie, Williamson;
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1873)
Hull Dimensions
1873
Length: 137' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11.1'
Tonnage
1873
Gross: 276 Registered: 227
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Star (1873-c.1880);
b. Schooner, Corisande (c.1880- )
Nationality:
Canada (1873- )
Chronology:
1. 00/00/00, between Yorkshire and Main Island, ashore and released, (railroad iron);
2. 10/23/1878, struck the piers at Charlotte, New York, went ashore, (passengers & wheat):
Notes
General notes:
*Mill Point is near Deseronto, Ontario;
She had white bulwarks and a lead colored bottom;
**The Canadian List of Shipping, states she was built in 1873, at Marine City, Michigan, with a Foreign name, "Star";
The American Bureau of shipping's, Great Lakes Register states, she was built at Detroit, Michigan; Both the latter and the 1884, Register gives Whitney as the builder; No "Star" or "Corisande" with this tonnage show up in U. S. enrollments;
Final Disposition is unknown;
Sources:
1. Canadian List of Shipping: (1880-1890);
2. The American Bureau of shipping's, Great Lakes Register: (1880-1890);
3. Polk's Register: 1884;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1873;
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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