Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Powhattan (Brigantine, 1848)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Powhattan
Year of Build:
1848
Major repairs:
1862, 1866, 1874;
Official Number:
19767
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Sanford & Moses
Ownership Notes:
Hulbert, G., (1848); Rawson, L., (1849); Sergant, J. W., (1854), Richmond, W., (1854-1860); Clark, H., (1856-1860); Stafford, John, (1863-1866); Harrord, J. F., (1865); Reid, Andrew, (1866); Campbell, W., (1868-1873); Brown, S., (1874- 1876); Malone, (1875-1876);
Master(s):
Jones, W., (1848-1849); Turnbull, (1851); Robinson, J., (1854); Tinsler, H., (1865); Campbell, W. R., (1866-1869);
Malone, J., (1874);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1848)
Hull Dimensions
1848
Length: 112' 7" Width/Beam: 23' 7 +1/2" Depth: 9' 6 + 3/4"
1865
Length: 112.2' Width/Beam: 23.5' Depth: 8.6'
Tonnage
1848
Gross: 234 + 41/95
1865
Gross: 165.17
Enrollments/Registration
May 9, 1848
   Port: Cleveland Number: 41 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-2-1849
April 2, 1849
   Port: Cleveland Number: 6 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-29-1854
April 29, 1854
   Port: Chicago Number: 43 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-29-1854
April 29, 1854
   Port: Chicago Number: 44 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-13-1855
July 13, 1855
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 44 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-24-1856
June 24, 1856
   Port: Chicago Number: 79 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-1-1860
May 1, 1860
   Port: Chicago Number: 31 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-10-1865
May 10, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 322 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 4-21-1866
April 21, 1866
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 181 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-11-1868
May 11, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 396 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Milwaukee 5-28-1868
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May 28, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 141 of 1868
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Milwaukee 7-13-1869
July 13, 1869
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 10 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-20-1873
August 20, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 4 of 1873
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Oswego 6-1-1874
June 1, 1874
   Port: Oswego Number: 150 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: TR Surrendered

Next document: (Vessel Broken up & Papers

Next document: Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Brig., Powhattan (1848- )
Nationality:
American (1848- )
Chronology:
1. 4/8/1851, Buffalo Harbor, collision, (Steamer, May Flower), repaired;
2. 11/12/1852, Port Maitland, ashore and released, $100 loss;
3. 12/7/1852, Buffalo, collision, (Steamer, Fox), repaired, $500 loss;
4. 12/11/1852, Fairport, ashore, (railroad iron), released, $6, 000 loss;
5. 5/00/1855, Buffalo, Horse Shoe Reef, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $150 loss;
6. 11/00/1855, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak, repaired, (wheat), cargo $200 loss, hull $300 loss;
7. 8/00/1860, Chicago, damaged by collision with the Clark Street Bridge and repaired, $125 loss;
8. 10/00/1863, Lake Erie, lost anchors and chains, replaced, $2, 300 loss;
9. 5/6/1872, St. Clair River, collision, (Schooner, Czar & Schooner, Eveline), lost small boat, ashore and repaired;
10. 10/21/1873, Alexandria Bay, sank, $17, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $2,500; 1871, she was valued at $8,000; 1878, she was listed at "not insurable";
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856, 3/11/1861;
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
8. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1882);
Contact
Contact
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920-684-0218
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