Tom Lewis (Scow Schooner, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Grosse Isle, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: grey, Horace, (1847); Lewis, Thomas, (1853-1865);
Master(s):: Burry, William A., (1847); Dupris, N., (1853); Montanbean, John, (1865);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 20, 1847: Port: Detroit Number: 49 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 8-13-1853
August 13, 1853: Port: Detroit Number: 123 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 11-18-1865
November 18, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 357 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 5-6-1878; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Scow Schooner, Tom Lewis (1847-1878)
Nationality:: American (1847-1878)
Chronology:: 1. 11/(16-19)/1869, Detroit River, sprang a leak and became waterlogged, repaired;

Notes

General notes:: Square Stem;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
6. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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