Scotia (Propeller, 1873)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Iron
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: George W. Holt, (Craig & Gibson)
Ownership Notes:: Ensign, Charles, (1873-1884); Holt, (1873); Union Steamboat Company, (1875); Milburn, John G., (Administrator for Estate of G.W. Ensign), , (1884);
Master(s):: Howland, Thomas. H., (1873); Bogart, H. W., (1884); Hathaway, J, (1875);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 12, 1873: Port: Buffalo Number: 233 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 8-28-1884
View document online
August 28, 1884: Port: Buffalo Number: 11 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-30-1885
View document online; Next document: (Vessel wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Scotia (1873-1885)
Nationality:: American (1873-1885)
Chronology:: 1. 2/00/1874, Buffalo, hull damaged in a freshet and repaired, $200 loss;
2. 4/00/1874, air pump disabled at the Straits and repaired, $100 loss;
3. 8/15/1878, Toledo, ashore and released;
4. 7/17/1882, St. Clair River, collision, (sunk Tug, J. P. Clark), repaired;
5. 10/24/1884, east side of Keweenaw Point, High Rock Bay, Lake Superior, ashore in a snow storm and hull broke in two,
(no cargo), $80, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was launched from the yard of Union Iron Company;
She was valued at $150,000,in 1873;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. Vessel Register: 1873;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874;

Contact

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