Sarah A. Green (Schooner, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

March 20, 1847: Port: Cleveland Number: 4 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Presque Isle 5-25-1853
May 25, 1853: Port: Presque Isle*
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: (Missing)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Sarah A. Green (1847-1857)
Nationality:: American (1847-1857)
Chronology:: 1. 5/29/1848, off Big Sodus, Lake Ontario, lost her mainmast in a squall, later replaced;
2. 00/00/1849, on a reef near West Sister, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $1, 000 loss;
3. 6/10/1852, Lake Erie, jetted part of her cargo of coal in a gale and repaired, $150 loss;
4. 5/22/1854, off Toronto, Lake Ontario, capsized and towed into port for repairs;
5. 9/00/1857, Cleveland, struck the west pier, bilged and raised, $250 loss;
6. 10/00/1856, near Buffalo, ashore, (coal), released, cargo $200 loss, hull $250 loss;
7. 10/19/1857, Dunkirk, ashore, (coal), hull went to pieces, $2, 600 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Enrollment is missing from the records;
1857, home port was Erie, Pennsylvania;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Presque Isle, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio;
3. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849;
4. Chicago Daily Press: 10/00/1857;
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. John Poole's notes;

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