Tampa (Propeller, 1890)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: West Bay City, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: F. W. Wheeler Shipbuilding Company
Ownership Notes:: Whitney, D. C., (1890-1897); Whitney Transportation Company, (1893-1896); Carter, E. D., (1899-1901); McBrier, James, (1899): Wineman, Henry, (1901-1913); Hawgood & Company, (1901); United Iron & Metals Company, (1915);
Master(s):: Whitney, D. C., (1890-1891); Wilcome, F. D., (1899); Stevenson, J., (1899);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 14, 1890: Port: Detroit Number: 16 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-20-1891
April 20, 1891: Port: Detroit Number: 62 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 11-30-1898; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
September 27, 1899: Port: Detroit Number: 11 of 1899
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Not a total loss as reported in 1898
Next document: Erie 10-3-1899
October 3, 1899: Port: Erie Number: 8 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Erie 10-9-1899
October 9, 1899: Port: Erie Number: 9 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 10-23-1901
October 23, 1901: Port: Erie
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Detroit 3-25-1912

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Tampa (1890-1923)
Nationality:: American (1890-1923)
Chronology:: 1. 11/21/1898, 100 miles east of Duluth, Beaver Bay, Lake Superior, ashore and released;
2. 4/29/1902, 5 miles off Duluth, ashore and released;
3. 7/18/1911, off Walkerville, Ontario, Detroit River, collision, (Propeller, John W. Gates), sank;
4. 8/12/1911, hull raised and towed to Marine City, Michigan;*

Notes

General notes:: *Apparently was to be converted to a Barge; Hull laid at Marine City, Michigan, until 1923, when she was broken up;
She was hull #74;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstract: Detroit, Michigan; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Erie, Pennsylvania;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. Naval Architectural Drawings: American Ship Building Co. & Predecessors, (1867-1920);

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