Sophia (Steamer, 1818)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sackets Harbor, New York
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: A. S. Roberts
Ownership Notes:: Camp, Elisha, (1818-1821); Denison, Leonard, (1824);
Master(s):: Rhodes, Ford, (1818); Vaugham, William, (1819); Thurston, Samuel, (1821); Donelly, Peter, (1824);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

November 26, 1818: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 13 of 1818
Document Type: Registration
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sackets Harbor 4-21-1819
April 21, 1819: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 3 of 1819
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Vessel altered
Next document: Sackets Harbor 4-23-1821
April 23, 1821: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 2 of 1821
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 5-18-1821
May 18, 1821: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 5 of 1821
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Sackets Harbor 5-30-1824
May 30, 1824: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 2 of 1824
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 11-14-1824
November 14, 1824: Port: Sackets Harbor

History

Notes

General notes:: *She had 2 masts in 1821;
Machinery: low pressure engine built by J. P. Allaire, in 1817);
she was abandoned in 1824; Lytle-Holdcamper says she was abandoned in 1822;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Sackets Harbor, New York;
2. Enrollment: Sackets Harbor, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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