Home (Scow Schooner, 1843)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Home
Year of Build:: 1843

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Lower Sandusky (Fremont), Ohio
Vessel Type:: Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head (1843)
Builder Name:: William Redfield
Ownership Notes:: Henderson, D. C., (1852); Ward, E., (852); Duncan, R., (1854); White, W., (1856-1860); Jones, T., (1858);; Wilson, W. D., (1858);
Master(s):: Wright, M., (1852); White, W., (1854-1856); Jones, T., (1858); Wilson, W. D., (1858);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1843)

Hull Dimensions

1843: Length: 84' 8" Width/Beam: 23' 8" Depth: 7' 4"

Tonnage

1843: Gross: 127 + 59/95

Enrollments/Registration

October 9, 1843: Port: Sandusky Number: 15 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 7-5-1847
July 5, 1847: Port: Sandusky Number: 25 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 8-26-1848
August 26, 1848: Port: Sandusky Number: 20 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-3-1850
April 3, 1850: Port: Sandusky Number: 8 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-23-1852
April 23, 1852: Port: Sandusky Number: 11 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 10-14-1852
October 14, 1852: Port: Sandusky Number: 39 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-8-1852
November 8, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 128 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-25-1854
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January 25, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 3 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-17-1854
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May 17, 1854: Port: Chicago Number: 54 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-7-1856
August 7, 1856: Port: Chicago Number: 92 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-22-1858
March 22, 1858: Port: Chicago Number: 2 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-11-1858
May 11, 1858: Port: Chicago Number: 25 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Scow Schooner, Home (1843-1858);
Nationality:: American (1843-1858)
Chronology:: 1. Sturgeon Point, lost cook overboard;
2. 10/12/1845, Fairport, struck the east pier and repaired;
3. 11/22/1852, Southeast Point, Kelley's Island, Lake Erie, ashore, (salt), released, $1, 200 value;
4. 7/00/1855, Grand River, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $500 loss;
5. 10/00/1858, Manitou Island, Lake Michigan, collision, (Schooner. William Fiske), (wood), sank, $1,700 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $1,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois, Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois, Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;
5. House Report No. 741;

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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