Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Poland (Schooner, 1848)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Poland
Year of Build:
1848
Rebuilt:
1. 1871;
Official Number:
20154
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Sanford & Moses
Ownership Notes:
Hickox, D., (1848); Warner, John F., (1852); Dexter, W., (1855-1864); Noble, (1863-1864); Jackson, J., (1864-1865); Simohean, L., (1866-1871); Summerfield, A. (1869); Briggs, J. W., (1871); Clarke, W., (1873); Donley, (1873-1878); Clark, (1873-1878); Bradley, R. M., (1877); Hooper, (1879);
Master(s):
Wilcox, A., (1848); Davis, A., (1848); Darts, A., (1852); Brown, J. W., (1855-1856); Jackson, J., (1864-1865); Rulla, A., (1866); Cole, B., (1869); Briggs, J., (1871); Perry, G., (1873); Hooper, J. H., (1877);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1848)
Hull Dimensions
1848
Length: 112' 11" Width/Beam: 23' 11 + 1/2" Depth: 9' 4 + 3/4"
1865
Length: 111.1' Width/Beam: 24.2' Depth: 9.5'
Tonnage
1848
Gross: 233 + 66/95
1865
Gross: 180.45
Enrollments/Registration
May 1, 1848
   Port: Cleveland Number: 37 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-24-1852
April 24, 1852
   Port: Cleveland Number: 17 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-20-1855
April 20, 1855
   Port: Chicago Number: 21 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-7-1856
July 7, 1856
   Port: Chicago Number: 83 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 1-9-1864
January 9, 1864
   Port: Chicago Number: 1 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-11-1865
April 11, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 161 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 3-26-1866
March 26, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 20 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-23-1869
April 23, 1869
   Port: Detroit Number: 54 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Residence of Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-20-1871
April 20, 1871
   Port: Port Huron Number: 77 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt (Barge)
Next document: Port Huron 11-7-1871
November 7, 1871
   Port: Port Huron Number: 42 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-22-1873
March 22, 1873
   Port: Port Huron Number: 58 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-19-1877
May 19, 1877
   Port: Port Huron Number: 58 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-5-1881

Next document: (Vessel Burned)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Poland (1848-1871);
b. Barge, Poland (1871-1881)
Nationality:
American (1848-1881)
Chronology:
1. 00/00/1849, lost a man overboard in a gale;
2. 10/10/1850, Cleveland, collision, (Propeller, Charter Oak), repaired;
3. 4/17/1854, Lake Erie, lost her rudder and towed to Buffalo for repairs;
4. 11/00/1857, Grand Traverse Bay, ashore and released, $2, 000 loss;
5. 6/00/1867, St. Clair River, collision and repaired, $1, 000 loss;
6. 10/00/1869, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and repaired, (lumber);
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $3,500; 1871, she was valued at $2,800; 1879, she was listed as "not insurable";
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849;
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. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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