Speed (Schooner, 1848)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Speed
Year of Build:: 1848
Official Number:: 22357

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Madison Dock, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Erastus Lockwood
Ownership Notes:: Moseley, C. A., (1848); Newhall, D., (1849); McGraw, H., (1854); Haines, F., (1860); Decondris, L. P., (1862); Caudres, I. P., D., (1863); Reed,(1863-1866); Decoudres, (1863-1866); Reid, J. A., (1864-1865); Cledesdell, R., (1866); Porter, L., (1867); Johnson, D., (1867-1871); Johnson, (1873); Linklater, A., (1874-1878); Walker, J., (1881);
Master(s):: Brown, R., (1848-1849); McGraw, H., (1854); Reid, J. A., (1862-1865); Cledesdell, R., (1866); Porter, L., (1867); Johnson, D., (1867-1871); Linklater, A., (1874-1875); Clarke, J. P., (1881);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1848)

Hull Dimensions

1848: Length: 97' Width/Beam: 20' 6" Depth: 8'
1865: Length: 97.3' Width/Beam: 20.8' Depth: 7.85'

Tonnage

1848: Gross: 146 + 26/95
1865: Gross: 104.44

Enrollments/Registration

April 19, 1848: Port: Cleveland Number: 30 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 8-21-1849
August 21, 1849: Port: Chicago Number: 43 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-21-1853
March 21, 1853: Port: Milwaukee Number: 5 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-9-1854
March 9, 1854: Port: Chicago Number: 11 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-13-1862
March 13, 1862: Port: Chicago Number: 16 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-29-1863
April 29, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 104 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-23-1864
June 23, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 226 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-26-1865
June 26, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 393 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-7-1866
April 7, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 660 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-27-1867
February 27, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 211 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-28-1867
February 28, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 215 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-23-1871
March 23, 1871: Port: Milwaukee Number: 54 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 1-14-1874
January 14, 1874: Port: Chicago Number: 93 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-22-1875
April 22, 1875: Port: Milwaukee Number: 79 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Milwaukee 6-11-1881
June 11, 1881: Port: Milwaukee Number: 165 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Milwaukee 6-30-1883; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Speed (1848-1883)
Nationality:: American (1848-1883)
Chronology:: 1. 6/6/1853, Portage River, capsized and towed into port, repaired, $600 loss;
2. 11/24/1853, Chicago, sprang a leak, waterlogged, ashore, (lumber), released, $2, 500 loss;
3. 9/00/1855, Muskegon, ashore on a bar, sank, raised, $600 loss;
4. 9/00/1864, Harrisville, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $1, 110 loss;
5, 5/00/1869, Chicago, ashore and released, $3, 300 loss, (lumber);
6. 4/00/1869, Kenosha, sank and raised, $275 loss;
7. 4/18/1883, north of pier, Racine, Lake Michigan, ashore, $4, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $1,800; 1871, she was listed with no value given; 1881, she was valued at $3,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
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. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1883);
9. Toronto Globe: 12/4/1883;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Website:

https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:

75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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