Vienna (Propeller, 1873)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Quayle and Martin
Ownership Notes:: Hanna, M., (1873); Cleveland Transportation Company, (1873-1879); Hanna, B., (1875-1876); Orient Transit Line, (1879-1892); Chapin, G. W., (1881); Wrich, W. F., (1883); Bartlett, W. R., (1884-1886); Saunders, A. C., (1889-1890);
Master(s):: McEachman, H. J., (1873); Brown, F. H., (1875-1881); Jones, B. H., (1883); Cumming, William, (1884); Goodsell, Willliam, C., (1886); Bartholomew, G., (1889); Nicholson, J. W., (1890);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 27, 1873: Port: Cleveland Number: 128 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 5-14-1875
May 14, 1875: Port: Cleveland Number: 67 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Error in Enrollment
Next document: Cleveland 4-25-1876
April 25, 1876: Port: Cleveland Number: 94 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered-Remeasured
Next document: Cleveland 4-28-1881
April 28, 1881: Port: Cleveland Number: 64 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers Changed
Next document: Cleveland 4-28-1883
April 28, 1883: Port: Cleveland Number: 49 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers Changed
Next document: Cleveland 4-18-1884
April 18, 1884: Port: Cleveland Number: 55 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers Changed
Next document: Cleveland 4-7-1886
April 7, 1886: Port: Cleveland Number: 42 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Cleveland 3-11-1889
March 11, 1889: Port: Cleveland Number: 39 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-20-1890
March 20, 1890: Port: Cleveland Number: 39 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Cleveland 9-28-1892; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Vienna (1873-1892)
Nationality:: American (1873-1892)
Chronology:: 1. 8/26/1873, Presque Isle, Lake Huron, ashore and released, (iron ore);
2. 9/17/1892, 4 miles below Whitefish Point, Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, collision, (Steamer, Nipigon), sank, (iron ore); The
Vienna had the Schooner, Mattie C. Bell in tow and after the collision, the Nipigon towed the Vienna for about an hour, but
the vessel went down in 60 fathoms of water;

Notes

General notes:: She was valued at $65,000, in 1873; $42,000, in1879; $50,000, in 1884; $55,000, in 1888;
In1876, she received a second hurricane deck, 6 feet above the old one;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1873-1888);
5. Wright's Master Sheet;

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