Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Ocean Wave (Steamer, 1852)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Ocean Wave
Year of Build:
1852
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Montreal, Quebec
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
E. D. Merritt
Ownership Notes:
Molson, John, (1852); French, Corydon Edwin, (1852-1853);
Master(s):
Wright, (1853);
Hull Dimensions
1852
Length: 172.2' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11.6'
Tonnage
1852
Gross: 241
Enrollments/Registration
August 4, 1852
   Port: Montreal
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: 9-10-1852
September 10, 1852
Number: 15 of 1852
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Ocean Wave (1852-1853)
Nationality:
Canada (1852-1853)
Chronology:
1. 10/15/1852, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, Mansfield), repaired in Buffalo, $5, 000 loss;
2. 4/29/1853, off Point Traverse, eastern end of Prince Edward County, 6 miles west of Kingston, Lake Ontario, caught fire and
burned near Duck Islands, (27 lives lost), $56, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
Machinery: Vertical Beam engine, built by Ward's Eagle Foundry, Montreal, Quebec;
Sources:
1. Early American Steamers, Vol. II;
2. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930:
3. John Poole's notes;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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