Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Lewis C. Irwin (Schooner, 1848)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Lewis C. Irwin
Year of Build:
1848
Major repairs:
1862, 1865;
Official Number:
14664
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Southport (Kenosha), Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head (1848)
Builder Name:
Emerson
Ownership Notes:
Canfield, Roswell, (1851); Wheeler, H., (1853); Canfield, E., (1853); Canfield, C., (1855); Cowles, W., (1859); Hall, D., (1862); Huger, H. F., (1862); Taylor, P., (1863-1865); Glum, A., (1867);
Master(s):
Robertson, John, (1851); Higgner, W., (1853); Golder, G., (1855); Higgie, F. B., (1859); Evens, R., (1862); Huger, H. R., (1862); Taylor, P., (1863-1865); Parsons, H. C., (1864); Glum, A., (1867);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1848)
Hull Dimensions
1848
Length: 84' 6" Width/Beam: 21' Depth: 7' 1 1/2"
1865
Length: 84' Width/Beam: 21' Depth: 7'
Tonnage
1848
Gross: 113 + 23/95
1865
Gross: 85.38
Enrollments/Registration
May 30, 1848
   Port: Chicago Number: 25 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 8-12-1851
August 12, 1851
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 34 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-24-1853
June 24, 1853
   Port: Chicago Number: 34 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-24-1853
June 24, 1853
   Port: Chicago Number: 35 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-25-1855
October 25, 1855
   Port: Chicago Number: 107 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-13-1859
April 13, 1859
   Port: Chicago Number: 12 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-26-1860
March 26, 1860
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 42 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-31-1862
March 31, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 33 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-10-1862
April 10, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 50 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-4-1863
June 4, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 170 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-28-1864
March 28, 1864
   Port: Chicago* Number: 64 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Expired
Next document: Chicago 3-21-1865
March 21, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 32 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 3-27-1867
March 27, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 259 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 1-31-1870

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Lewis C. Irwin (1848-1870)
Nationality:
American (1848-1870)
Chronology:
1. 7/00/1855, off Chicago, capsized, (1 life lost), towed into port, $2, 000 loss;
2. 12/10/1855, 10 miles west of Michigan City, City-west, ashore (lumber), released, $2, 500 loss;
3. 10/00/1857, 12 miles below Chicago, Gross Point, ashore and released, $2, 300 loss;
4. 10/00/1863, Chicago, collision, (unknown Steamer), repaired, $1, 430 loss;
5. 4/00/1869, Chicago, sprang masts, collision, (Schooner, Sea Gem), repaired, $500 loss;
6. 4/00/1869, Sheboygan, Lake Michigan, sank and raised, $300 loss;
7. 7/00/1869, Lake Michigan, lost main mast by collision, (Propeller, M. Groh), and repaired, $200 loss;
8. 11/(16-19)/1869, Brown's Pier, Lake Michigan, ashore and sank, became a total loss, $3, 500 loss;
Notes
General notes:
Enrollment gives name as Lewis C. Moni, which is an error;
1863, she was valued at $3,000; 1871, she was listed with no value given;
U.S. Merchant Vessels: says she was built at Kenosha in 1847;
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: 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
9. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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