Russia (Propeller, 1872)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Iron
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: King Iron Works (Gibson & Gray)
Ownership Notes:: Ensign, Charles, (1872-1884); Milburn, J. G., (1884); Ash, James, (1884-1888); McWilliams, J. J., (1888-1900); Lackawanna Transportation Company, (1888-1904); Green Bay Line, (1894); Jones, A. C., (1900); Lake Transit Company, (1904-1909);
Master(s):: Austin, T. H., (1872); Austin, J., (1875); McCrea, Charles, (1884); Clark, Alex, (1888); Greene, J. D., (1900);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 26, 1872: Port: Buffalo Number: 38 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 8-28-1884
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August 28, 1884: Port: Buffalo Number: 12 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-24-1884
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October 24, 1884: Port: Buffalo Number: 19 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-14-1888
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April 14, 1888: Port: Buffalo Number: 39 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 9-24-1900
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September 24, 1900: Port: Duluth Number: 15 of 1900
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Russia (1872-1909)
Nationality:: American (1872-1909)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1872, Bar Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $69, 000 loss
2. 7/00/1873, Lake Huron, disabled her machinery and repaired, $600 loss;
3. 8/00/1873, Detroit River, damaged by collision (John A. Dix), and repaired, $5, 000 loss;
4. 11/00/1873, Detroit River, struck a boulder at Lime Kiln and repaired, $9, 070 loss;
5. 6/5/1893, ran ashore at head of Beaver Island, Lake Michigan and released;
6. 7/11/1893, Buffalo, Lake Erie, caught on fire at her dock due to spontaneous combustion and repaired;
5. 8/00/1896, near Upper Grosse Isle, collision, (sank Steamer, Britannic), repaired;
6. 4/30/1909, off Point Detour, sank;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Duluth, Minnesota;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Duluth, Minnesota;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. John Poole's notes;

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