Mountaineer (Schooner, 1845)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Clayton, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Rees
Ownership Notes:: Fowler,J. A., (1854-1866); Esselyne, Henry, (1860-1866); Lodewick, H., (1866); Lodwick, (1871); Grummond, S., (1871);
Master(s):: Johnson, (1851); Tracy, A. W. (1859); Rees, Daniel, (1865); Lodewick, H. (1866); Hart, L., (1871);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: French Creek 4-1-1851
April 1, 1851: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 5 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: French Creek 11-4-1854
November 4, 1854: Port: French Creek Number: 5 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: French Creek 6-16-1861
June 16, 1861: Port: French Creek Number: 83 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: French Creek 4-1-1865
April 1, 1865: Port: French Creek Number: 3 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 4-2-1866
April 2, 1866: Port: Detroit Number: 24 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-16-1871
August 16, 1871: Port: Detroit Number: 11 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-30-1871
September 30, 1871: Port: Detroit Number: 26 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 12-31-1872; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Mountaineer (1845- )
Nationality:: American (1845- )
Chronology:: 1. 8/2/1845, mouth of Cattaraugus Creek, Lake Erie, ashore, (lumber), released, $300 loss;
2. 11/23/1845, Buffalo, ashore and released, $100 loss;
3. 10/25/1853, Port Maitland, collision, (sank Schooner, Welland), (salt), repaired, $500 loss;
4. 12/11/1854, near Sackets Harbor, ashore, (salt), released;
5. 6/15/1857, Mohawk Island, Lake Erie, ashore, (stoves), released, $500 loss;
6. 11/00/1857, Detroit River, collision, (Schooner, M. S. Scott), lost jib-boom, bowsprit, and hear gear, repaired, $300 loss;
7. 9/00/1859, near Bayfield, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $300 loss;
8. 5/00/1863, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, repaired;
9. 10/29/1863, Sandusky, ashore, sank, (railroad iron), raised, $6, 600 loss;
10. 11/00/1864, northeast of Georgian Bay, ashore and released, $8, 000 loss;
11. 9/00/1867, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, Andes), repaired;
12. 11/7/1867, Cedar Island Lake Ontario, ashore, (corn), released;
13. 5/00/1869, Lake Erie, damaged her outfit and refitted;
14. 10/10/1872, Griffith Island, Georgian Bay, Flat Rock, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $10, 000 loss;
15. 10/00/1873, Meaford, Lake Huron, ashore, $9, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $3,200; 1871, she was valued at $7,000;
U.S. Merchant Vessels says she was built at Clayton, New York in 1848;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cape Vincent, New York; Detroit, Michigan; French Creek, New York;
2. Enrollment: Cape Vincent, New York; Detroit, Michigan; French Creek, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871;
5. Chicago Daily Press: 6/00/1857,11/00/187;
6. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
9. Wright's Master Sheet;

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