Louis S. Shickluna (Schooner, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: St. Catherines, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head (1847)
Figure Head (1868)
Builder Name:: Louis Shickluna
Ownership Notes:: Merritt, T. R., (1856-1869); Dunn, R. D., (1857-1860); Dumbleton, Samuel, (1868); Hall, Robert P., (1868); Burt, Henry, (1869-1873); Miller, Andrew, (1868-1871); Brown, Elizabeth J., (1870); Brotherton, James, (1870); Stewart, J., (1873); Burt, K., (1873);;
Master(s):: Larkins, (1854); O'Brien, ( - ); Hall, R. P., (1868); Miller, Andrew, (1869); Burt, H., (1869); Burt, K., (1873);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Montreal 7-9-1849
July 9, 1849: Port: Montreal**
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 8-5-1868
August 5, 1868: Port: Oswego Number: 25 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 3-17-1869
March 17, 1869: Port: Oswego Number: 1 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-9-1870
April 9, 1870: Port: Oswego Number: 190 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-10-1873
May 10, 1873: Port: Oswego Number: 158 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-31-1873
July 31, 1873: Port: Oswego Number: 31 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-12-1873
August 12, 1873: Port: Detroit Number: 21 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 12-30-1881; Next document: (Vessel out of Commision)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Louis Shickluna (1847-1868);
b. Schooner, L. S. Shickluna (1868-1881)*
Nationality:: American (1868-1881), Canada (1847-1868)
Chronology:: 1. 10/14/1856, Fairport, ashore, (wheat), released, cargo $7, 000 loss, hull $400 loss;
2. 11/26/1857, 7 miles from Port Colborne, ashore, (wheat), released, $12, 500 loss;
3. 9/00/1858, Chicago Harbor, collision, (Propeller, C. Mears), repaired, $450 loss;
4. 8/00/1873, Lake Erie, lost her deck load of coal, $1, 700 loss;
5. 10/00/1873, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and became waterlogged, repaired, $1, 900 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Her official record carries the name "L. S. Shickluna", but the newspapers still used the name "Louis Shickluna";
**British Registry;
1856, she was valued at $7,200; 1860, she was valued at $4,000; 1871, she was valued at $4,000; 1878, she is listed with no value given;
1854, she was valued at $2,000 pounds and was noted as "rebuilding";
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Montreal; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Canadian Vessel Register: 1856, 1857;
5. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1878;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1883);
9. Wright's Master Sheet;
10. Chicago Daily Press: 11/00/1857;

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