Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Tempest (Schooner, 1848)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Tempest
Year of Build:
1848
Rebuilt:
1. 1868;
Official Number:
24150
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Racine, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Alfred Glison
Ownership Notes:
Stawson, D., (1850); Ludington, H., (1859-1866); Williams, C. H., (1862); Ludington, N. (1865); Gunderson, S. T., (1866-1876); Johnson, J., (1877-1885);
Master(s):
Fitzgerald, R. P., (1850); Leslie, J., (1859); Reynolds, W., (1865); Anderson, E., (1866-1868); Anderson, S, (1876-1879);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1848)*
Hull Dimensions
1848
Length: 102' 9" Width/Beam: 25' 10" Depth: 8' 10"
1865
Length: 102' Width/Beam: 25' Depth: 8'
1868
Length: 126' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 8'
Tonnage
1848
Gross: 209 + 50/95
1865
Gross: 156.56
1868
Gross: 196.30 Net: 186.49
Enrollments/Registration
August 8, 1848
   Port: Chicago Number: 44 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 8-26-1850
August 26, 1850
   Port: Chicago Number: 54 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-1-1851
May 1, 1851
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 10 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-4-1859
May 4, 1859
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 93 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-3-1862
June 3, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 105 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-28-1865
September 28, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 523 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-9-1866
April 9, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 666 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-23-1868
June 23, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 379 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Chicago 4-29-1876
July 29, 1876
   Port: Chicago Number: 87 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-11-1877
October 11, 1877
   Port: Chicago Number: 27 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-14-1879
October 14, 1879
   Port: Chicago Number: 45 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-9-1892

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Tempest (1848-1892)
Nationality:
American (1848-1892)
Chronology:
1. 4/14/1849, Sleeping Bear, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, (wheat, flour & beef), $7.200 loss;
2. 12/16/1851, Milwaukee, caught on fire, burned and repaired;
3. 10/31/1856, Oswego, struck the east pier, sank, (lumber), raised, $600 loss;
4. 7/00/1859, Lake Ontario, (lumber), waterlogged and sprung up her deck, towed to Oswego for repairs, hull $1, 000 loss,
cargo $300 loss;
5. 4/00/1869, Chicago, damaged by collision, (Schooner, Maggie Thompson), repaired, $1, 000 loss;
6. 5/00/1871, Milwaukee, lost her foremast, repaired, $200 loss;
7. 4/00/1872, Milwaukee, capsized and towed into port, $3, 500 loss;
8. 10/8/1884, Chicago, Lake Michigan, collision and towed into port, (lumber);
9. 8/9/1896, Buffalo, towed out into Lake Erie by a Durham Line tug and sank, had been abandoned for over 10 years;
Notes
General notes:
*1868, 3 masts;
1860, she was valued at $2,500;1871, she was value at $2,000; 1874, new deck1878, she was valued at $4,000; 1886, she was listed as having no value;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871,1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1893);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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




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