: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head (1854)
Builder Name:: George Weeks
Ownership Notes:: Fox, W. A., (1854-1856); Bruce, E. K., (1856); Walker, Henry C., (1856); Lake Navigation Company, (1857-1858); Bemis, E. St. John, (1858-1860): Hazzard, M., (1859); Clark, S., (1860);
Master(s):: Stoddart, R., (1854); Scolley, A. P. B., (1858); Hazzard, M., (1859);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 29, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 95 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 3-24-1856
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April 19, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 22
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed owners
Next document: Buffalo, 20 Apr 1858
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March 24, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 30 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-3-1856
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April 3, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 42 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-5-1856
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June 5, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 129 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-20-1858
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April 20, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 24 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-30-1859
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August 30, 1859: Port: Buffalo Number: 88 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1860
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April 24, 1860: Port: Buffalo Number: 25 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Hurricane (1854- )
Nationality:: American (1854- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/30/1854, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore, (rolling freight), released, $6, 000 loss;
2. 10/00/1854, St. Clair Flats, ashore and released, $600 loss;
3. 5/00/1855, Point Au Barques, collision, (Brig. Tuscarora), repaired, $2, 500 loss;
4. 10/00/1855, Lake Erie, lost a man overboard;
5. 10/00/1856, Lake Erie, split her canvas in a gale and repaired, $250 loss;
6. 9/00/1859, off South Manitou, lost her mate overboard and damaged cargo of wheat in a gale, $100 loss;
7. 12/00/1859, lost head gear and cutwater by collision, repaired, $150 loss;
8. 11/24/1860, 8 miles north of St. Joseph, Lake Michigan, ashore, (rye), (9 lives lost), cargo $8, 000 loss; hull $1, 000 loss;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;

Contact

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