Roanoke (Propeller, 1867)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Ira Laffrienier
Ownership Notes:: Winslow, H. C., (1867-1868); Union Steamboat Line, (1870-1876); Ensign, C., (1871); Crissy, Isaac O., (1883); Kendall, H. J., (1885); Botsford, W. F., (1885-1889);
Master(s):: Kimball, Joe, (1867-1868); Woodworth, (1871); Crissy, Isaac O., (1883); Kendall, H. J., (1885); Martin, J. M., (1889);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 6, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 9 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-25-1867
June 25, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 203 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 6-2-1868
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June 2, 1868: Port: Buffalo Number: 420 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-25-1871
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May 25, 1871: Port: Buffalo Number: 179 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-27-1883
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April 30, 1883: Port: Buffalo Number: 37 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-7-1885
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May 7, 1885: Port: Chicago Number: 62 of 1885
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 6-12-1885
June 12, 1885: Port: Port Huron Number: 130 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 10-21-1889
October 21, 1889: Port: Port Huron Number: 48 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 9-30-1894; Next document: (Vessel burned, 8-7-1894)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Roanoke (1867-1894)
Nationality:: American (1867-1894)
Chronology:: 1. 9/16/1867, Chicago, collision at Walker's Point bridge, (Propeller, Jacob Bertschy), and repaired, $200 loss;
2. 9/00/1867, Clay Banks, Lake Erie, collision, (sank, Steamer, City of Sandusky), raised;
3. 00/00/1868, Buffalo, Lake Erie, collision, (Bark, Elizabeth Jones), repaired;
4. 9/00/1868, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and repaired, $25, 000 loss;
5. 10/00/1869, Elk Island, St. Clair River, ashore and lightered off;
6. 11/19/1871, Long Point, Lake Erie, disabled and towed into port for repairs, $2, 500 loss;
7. 2/3/1893, Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, carried by heavy sea against the end of the south pier, broke steam pipe, drifted
ashore and released;
8. 7/4/1893, Detroit River, caught on fire lying at the dock, burned upperworks and repaired;
9. 8/7/1894, 20 miles off Ontonagon, Michigan, Fourteen Mile Point, Lake Superior, caught on fire, burned and sank, (salt);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

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