Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Hendrick Hudson (Steamer, 1846)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Hendrick Hudson
Year of Build:
1846
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Black River, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
George Washington Jones
Ownership Notes:
Jones, G. W., (1846-1847); Kinne, Henry M., (1847); Imson, J., (1849); Cobb, A. R., (1853-1856); McKnight, F. A., (1854); Butterfield, J., (1855); Osborn, M., (1857);
Master(s):
Home, C., (1847); Howe, (1847); Snow, J. F., (1853); Mallen, H., (1854);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1846)
Hull Dimensions
1846
Length: 204' 8" Width/Beam: 32' Depth: 12'
Tonnage
1846
Gross: 750 + 46/95
Enrollments/Registration
October 23, 1846
   Port: Cleveland Number: 54 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 9-17-1847
September 17, 1847
   Port: Cleveland Number: 74 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1849
April 24, 1848
   Port: Buffalo Number: 27
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed owners
Next document: Buffalo, 24 Apr 1849
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April 24, 1849
   Port: Buffalo Number: 34 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-2-1850
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May 2, 1850
   Port: Buffalo Number: 22 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-14-1851
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April 14, 1851
   Port: Buffalo Number: 25 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-14-1851
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August 14, 1851
   Port: Buffalo Number: 64 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-7-1853
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June 7, 1853
   Port: Buffalo Number: 94 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-23-1854
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June 23, 1854
   Port: Buffalo Number: 137 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Buffalo 5-22-1855
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May 22, 1855
   Port: Buffalo Number: 74 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-28-1856
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June 28, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 120 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Enrollment Lost
Next document: Cleveland 7-24-1857
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July 24, 1857
   Port: Cleveland Number: 69 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Hendrick Hudson (1846-1869)
Nationality:
American (1846-1869)
Chronology:
1. 11/5/1847, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 6/11/1849, Erie, collision, (Steamer, Saratoga), (2 lives lost), repaired;
3. 8/12/1852, Lake Huron, collision, (Brig, Stephen F. Gale), repaired, $1, 400 loss;
4. 10/16/1856, Cedar Point, Sandusky, Lake Erie, machinery broke, ashore and sank, raised, (stock and freight), $30, 000 loss;
5. 5/21/1860, Cleveland, struck by lightning and burned, $500 loss;
6. 8/3/1869, hull was removed and towed out to the beach where she was abandoned again;
Notes
General notes:
The hull was built at Black River in 1846 and she ran unfinished till 1847 when she was finished at Cleveland; Her first enrollment says she was built in Cleveland, Ohio in 1846;
Machinery: high pressure engine, formerly in the Steamer Empire, built by the Cuyahoga Works, Cleveland, Ohio; Cylinder: 30" diameter x 10' stroke;
1858-1859, Cleveland, she was laid up in the old River Bed and Abandoned;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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