Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Mary Merritt (Schooner, 1865)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Mary Merritt
Year of Build:
1865
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Builder Name:
Shickluna
Ownership Notes:
Murray, James, (1869-1873);
Hull Dimensions
1865
Length: 130' Width/Beam: 23.9' Depth: 11'
Tonnage
1865
Registered: 347
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Mary Merritt (1865- )
Nationality:
Canada (1865- )
Chronology:
1. 8/00/1868, Chicago, caught on fire and burned, repaired, $400 loss;
2. 10/00/1868, Lake Michigan, lost her centreboard, damaged hull and repaired, $1, 400 loss;
3. 11/00/1869, sprang a leak and otherwise damaged on Lake Erie and repaired;
Notes
Sources:
1. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
2. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
3. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869, 1873;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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