Camden (Schooner, 1872)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Quayle and Martin
Ownership Notes:: Winslow, H. C., (1872); Butts, C. I., (1881); Hale, W. B., (1885); Wedow, John F., (1893-1899); Mitchell and Company, (1896); Durham Navigation Company, (1930-1935);
Master(s):: Coulter, John, (1872); Cumming, R., (1881); Cumming, A., (1886); Van Panesalaer, J. S., (1893); Wedow, John F., (1896); Rose, Stephen, (1898);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 24, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 2 of 1872
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-25-1872
May 25, 1872: Port: Buffalo Number: 167 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 3-1-1880
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March 1, 1880: Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-22-1881
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April 22, 1881: Port: Cleveland Number: 55 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-14-1885
March 14, 1885: Port: Cleveland Number: 15 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-31-1893
March 31, 1893: Port: Cleveland Number: 66 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-25-1896
March 25, 1896: Port: Cleveland Number: 49 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Cleveland 5-9-1898
May 9, 1898: Port: Cleveland Number: 77 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 10-18-1898
October 18, 1898: Port: Ogdensburg
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Camden (1872-1936)
Nationality:: American (1872-1936)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1873, Beaver Island, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $2, 700 loss;
2. 8/31885, Lake Huron, dismasted mid-lake and towed into port for repairs;

Notes

General notes:: She was chartered to the Atlantic coast in 1898; She was enrolled in Boston, Mass.; Enrollment was transferred to New York, New York, in 1918;
In 1872, she was painted White and on her stern is a game cock in the act of crowing;
She was abandoned in 1936;
U.S. Merchant Vessels says she was abandoned August, 1835, on the Atlantic Coast;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Ogdensburg, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Ogdensburg, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1872-1936);

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