Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Mark H. Sibley (Schooner, 1847)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Mark H. Sibley
Year of Build:
1847
Official Number:
16449
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
F. N. Jones
Ownership Notes:
Atwater, Samuel, (1847); Anderson, A., (1853); Alexander, T. W., (1854-1855); Averele, C. M., (1856); Averill, C. M., (1860-1863); Fargo, G. D., (1862); Hale, G. W., (1863); Halstead, H. S., (1863); Frederickson, G. R., (1864); Wardwell, A., (1864); Allen, (1864-1866); Wardwell, (1864); Swartout, B., (1865); Gager, (1866); Alger, R. A., (1866); Squire, J., (1867); Itsell, A., (1868); Gunning, R. C., (1869);
Master(s):
Enos, Erastus, (1847); Averile, C. M., (1853-1856); Fargo, G. D., (1862); Hale, G. W., (1863); Frederickson, G. R., (1864); Jager, P., (1866); Keith, W., (1866); Mann, A. (1867); Gunning, R. C., (1868-1869);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1847)
Hull Dimensions
1847
Length: 114' 11" Width/Beam: 24' 6" Depth: 9' 11"
Tonnage
1847
Gross: 252 + 18/95
1865
Gross: 230.03
Enrollments/Registration
May 15, 1847
   Port: Buffalo Number: 47 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 10-11-1848
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October 11, 1848
   Port: Chicago Number: 66 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-18-1848
December 18, 1848
   Port: Buffalo Number: 94 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-22-1851
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January 22, 1851
   Port: Buffalo Number: 2 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-15-1853
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June 15, 1853
   Port: Buffalo Number: 3 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-16-1854
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March 16, 1864
   Port: Chicago Number: 17 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-17-1856
June 17, 1856
   Port: Chicago Number: 72 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-16-1857
February 16, 1857
   Port: Buffalo Number: 8 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-29-1860
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March 29, 1860
   Port: Detroit Number: 6 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-24-1862
April 24, 1862
   Port: Cleveland Number: 36 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-6-1863
April 6, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 43 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-2-1863
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May 2, 1863
   Port: Chicago Number: 114 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-30-1864
May 30, 1864
   Port: Chicago Number: 204 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-6-1864
June 6, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 170 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-21-1865
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April 21, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 64 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 3-8-1866
March 8, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 7 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-26-1866
May 26, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 143 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-7-1867
May 7, 1867
   Port: Detroit Number: 110 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-15-1868
May 15, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 402 of 1868
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Detroit 6-19-1868
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June 19, 1868
   Port: Detroit Number: 93 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 6-21-1869
June 21, 1869
   Port: Buffalo Number: 306 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Not Stated
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Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Mark H. Sibley (1847-1869)
Nationality:
American (1847-1869)
Chronology:
1. 6/10/1855, on a reef, 2 miles below Port Maitland, ashore in a fog and released, (wheat);
2. 11/2/1855, Chicago Harbor, scuttled, sank and raised;
3. 5/21/1856, St. Clair River, ran on her anchors, sank and raised;
4. 7/00/1863, Lake Michigan, collision and repaired, $3, 200 loss;
5. 6/00/1867, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, repaired in Detroit;
6. 11/7/1867, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
7. 7/00/1869, Grand River, (Canada) Lake Erie, lost rudder and shoe, repaired, $325 loss;
8. 8/4/1869, Avon Point, Lake Erie, ashore, (in ballast), hull went to pieces, $1, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $4,200; 1866, she was valued at $3,500;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1880);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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