Fayette Brown (Schooner, 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Stephens & Presley
Ownership Notes:: Bradley, A., (1868-1887);
Master(s):: Stone, G., (1868); Lampot, S., (1871-1872); Green, F. A., (1883); Judsen, Henry, (1886); Strongh, L., (1887);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 11, 1868: Port: Cleveland Number: 117 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 9-5-1871
September 5, 1871: Port: Cleveland Number: 22 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 9-6-1871
September 6, 1871: Port: Erie Number: 1 of 1871
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 11-6-1871
November 6, 1871: Port: Cleveland Number: 30 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 10-24-1872
October 24, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 30 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Papers Issued
Next document: Cleveland 5-3-1883
May 3, 1883: Port: Cleveland Number: 80 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-22-1886
April 22, 1886: Port: Cleveland Number: 76 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-13-1887
April 13, 1887: Port: Cleveland Number: 60 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-5-1891; Next document: (Vessel lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Fayette Brown (1868-1891)
Nationality:: American (1868-1891)
Chronology:: 1. 11/(16-19)/1869, (hay), ashore in Hammond's Bay and released;
2. 9/29/1872, Bar Point, near Point au Pelee, Lake Erie, sank, (iron ore), raised, $1, 600 loss;
3. 6/4/1891, about 10 miles off Dummy Light, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, collision, (Propeller, Northern Queen), sank, (block stone);
4. 10/23/1891, masts removed and rigging cut out;
5. 7/22/1893, Wreckers removed most of the block stone and hull was abandoned;

Notes

General notes:: 1871, she was valued at $36,000; 1881, she was valued at $18,000; 1886, she was valued at $18,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891;
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. Wright's Master Sheet;
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1891);
9. Chicago Inter-Ocean: 12/7/1891

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