Charles H. Hurd (Schooner, 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head (1868)
Builder Name:: James M. Jones
Ownership Notes:: Ralph, D., (1868-1870); Ralph, P. J., (1868-1871); Hosmer, John, (1868); Harmon, (1871);
Master(s):: Pringle, J., (1870); Harrison, W., (1871);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 27, 1868: Port: Detroit Number: 78 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 6-8-1870
June 8, 1870: Port: Cleveland Number: 9 of 1870
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-26-1870
July 26, 1870: Port: Detroit Number: 14 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 12-30-1871; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Charles H. Hurd (1868-1871)
Nationality:: American (1868-1871)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1869, lost her steering gear on Lake Erie, and repaired at Buffalo;
2. 9/22/1871, South Manitou, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak and sank, (10 lives lost), $48, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1871, she was valued at $27,000;
Jones shipyard was in Hamtranck;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1871;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

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