Silver Spray (Yacht, 1889)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Yacht
Additional vessel types:: Fish Tug
Hull Materials:: Wood
Ownership Notes:: Humphrey, R., (1889-1893); Bedell, O., (1893-1900); Harrington, J. P., (1911);
Master(s):: Pillet, R., (1889); Ackerman, F., (1892); Bedell, O., (1893); Peths, R., (1898); Shaw, Chris, (1907); Purdy, James, (1909-1911);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 15, 1889: Port: Buffalo Number: 65 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-2-1892
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June 2, 1892: Port: Buffalo Number: 83 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-29-1893
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May 29, 1893: Port: Buffalo Number: 70 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-17-1896
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March 17, 1896: Port: Buffalo Number: 39 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-3-1898
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May 3, 1898: Port: Buffalo Number: 69 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Erie 10-23-1902
October 23, 1902: Port: Erie
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed

History

Classification:: a. Steam Yacht, Silver Spray (1889-1901);
b. Fish Tug, Silver Spray, (1901- )
Nationality:: American (1889- )
Chronology:: 1. 10/26/1903, Buffalo (Empire Shipbuilding Company Yard), caught on fire and burned to her keel, rebuilt;
2. 6/2/1907, Fairport, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, sank and raised;
3. 3/15/1911, Cleveland ashore, sank and raised, (7 lives lost);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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