Henry Hager (Schooner, 1848)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Henry Hager
Year of Build:: 1848
Major repairs:: 1861;
Official Number:: 11137

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head (1848)
Builder Name:: Frederick N. Jones
Ownership Notes:: Hibbard, W. B., (1854): Fitzgerald, R. P., (1854-1860); Rogers, E.,(1858); Wells, A.,(1859); Weinert, W., (1861-1863); Bundy, H., (1864); Holland, Nelson, (1865-1866); Ledger, J., (1865); Kane, J. (1867);
Master(s):: Snow, (1850); Fitzgerald, R. P., (1854-1857); Fitzgerald, J., (1858); Spencer, W., (1859); Weyer, C. H., (1861); Yates, Jason P., (1863); Bundy, H., (1864); Gager, J., (1865); Ledger, J., (1865); Gage, Myron, (1866); Curry, D., (1867);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1848)

Hull Dimensions

1848: Length: 111' 8" Width/Beam: 24' Depth: 9' 8"
1865: Length: 103.3' Width/Beam: 22.4' Depth: 9.3'

Tonnage

1848: Gross: 237 + 51/95
1865: Gross: 166.93
1866: Gross: 173.62

Enrollments/Registration

April 21, 1848: Port: Buffalo Number: 26 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-30-1850
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December 30, 1850: Port: Buffalo Number: 91 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-16-1851
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January 16, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 93 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-13-1852
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May 13, 1852: Port: Milwaukee Number: 9 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-23-1854
March 23, 1854: Port: Milwaukee Number: 6 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-17-1855
May 17, 1855: Port: Milwaukee Number: 30 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-3-1857
March 3, 1857: Port: Milwaukee Number: 5 + 41 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-24-1858
May 24, 1858: Port: Chicago Number: 32 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-1-1859
April 1, 1859: Port: Michilimackinac Number: 78 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-19-1860
July 19, 1860: Port: Milwaukee Number: 3 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-31-1861
December 31, 1861: Port: Chicago Number: 107 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-8-1863
April 8, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 51 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-28-1864
March 28, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 63 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-14-1865
April 14, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 31 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 5-1-1865
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May 1, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 88 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-26-1866
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April 26, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 84 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Head Room Added
Next document: Buffalo 2-5-1867
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February 5, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 2 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-16-1869
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked and Sunk)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Henry Hager (1848-1869)
Nationality:: American (1848-1869)
Chronology:: 1. 11/27/1850, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 8/18/1853, Ashtabula, sprang a leak, (salt), repaired, $13, 000 loss;
3. 11/15/1853, Port Huron, collision, (Schooner Saltillo), sank, repaired;
4. 5/20/1854, Milwaukee, ashore and released;
5. 5/30/1854, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, damaged cargo of wheat and repaired at Cleveland, Ohio;
6. 12/15/1854, Beaver Island Harbor, ashore and released;
7. 11/24/1859, Mackinac Straits, dragged foul of the Schooner Racer, repaired;
8. 10/00/1863, Lake Michigan, damaged hull in a gale and repaired, $296 loss;
9. 4/00/1865, Bar Point, Lake Erie, lost her stern in a gale and repaired, $800 loss;
10. 10/20/1868, Harrisville, Lake Huron, ashore and hull went to pieces, $13, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: (1860-Vessel Register)-$3,500 Value-B2
(1863-Vessel Register)-$5,000 Value-B2
(1864-Vessel Register)-$4,500 Value-B2
(1866-Vessel Register)-$4,000 Value-B2
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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