Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Brantford (Propeller, 1851)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Brantford
Also known as:
Calabria; Glenfinlass
Year of Build:
1851
Major repairs:
1862;
Rebuilt:
1. 1862
2. 1866;
3. 1873, A. Muir, Dalhousie, Ontario;
4. 1877;
5. 1881;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Louis Shickluna
Ownership Notes:
Holcomb, (1854-1862); Henderson, (1854-1869); Butters, D., (1872-1873); Zealand, William, (1873); Zealand, H., (1873);
Master(s):
Davis, J., (1854-1857); Zealand, William, (1873);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1851)**
Hull Dimensions
1851
Length: 153.5' Width/Beam: 23.4' Depth: 9.7'
1862
1873
Length: 145.6' Width/Beam: 22.3' Depth: 7.3'
1877
Length: 158.4' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11.4'
Tonnage
1851
Gross: 341
1862
Gross: 405
1873
Gross: 391
1877
Gross: 468.94
1881
Gross: 222
1866
Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Hamilton 10-13-1854
October 13, 1854
   Port: Hamilton Number: 25 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Hamilton
   Port: Hamilton Number: 48.5
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Hamilton 4-14-1873
April 14, 1873
   Port: Hamilton Number: 75 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Hamilton 6-25-1877
June 25, 1877
   Port: Hamilton
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: 3-251881
March 25, 1881

Reason: Name Changed
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Brantford (1851-1873);
b. Propeller, Calabria (1873-1881);
c. Propeller, Glenfinlass (1881- )
Nationality:
Canada (1851- )
Chronology:
1. 9/00/1859, off Colborne, broke her cylinder head and towed into port for repairs, (iron), $400 loss;
2. 7/00/1861, Cornwall, St. Lawrence River, collision, (Schooner, Dawn), repaired, $50 loss;
3. 5/00/1876, Port Maitland, Lake Erie, sank and raised, (grain);
4. 8/00/1883, St. Catharines, caught fire and burned to a total loss;
Notes
General notes:
*She had two decks in 1873;
**She had one mast in 1873:
She was valued at $24,000, in 1856; $20,000, in 1857; $12,800, in 1860; $14,000, in 1864;
Sources:
1. Enrollment: Hamilton, Ontario;
2. Vessel Register: (1856-1864);
3. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
4. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;
5. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1873;
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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