S. Buttles (Schooner, 1852)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Ohio City, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Stephens & Presley
Ownership Notes:: Buttles, A., (1852); Case, D., (1852); Buttles, L., (1852); Crowell, J., (1856); McBride, A., (1860); Gordon, John, (1863-1864);
Master(s):: Cartwright, H., (1852-1856);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 26, 1852: Port: Cleveland Number: 46 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 11-1-1856
November 1, 1856: Port: Cleveland Number: 100 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 1-9-1857; Next document: (Vessel Sold Foreign)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, S. Buttles (1852- )*
Nationality:: American (1852-1857); Canadian (1857- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/11/1854, Bar Point, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, sank, (coal), raised, $1, 000 loss;
2. 10/23/1856, Cleveland, Lake Erie, ashore, lumber, released, cargo $400 loss, hull $600 loss;
3. 4/00/1858, Lake Eire, sprang a leak, lost foresail and foreyard, refitted, $1, 100 loss, (wheat, peas, potash and pork);
3. 4/23/1859, 10 miles east of Genesee River, Lake Ontario, ashore, (staves), released, $2, 000 loss;
4. 11/00/1863, Black River, Lorain, Lake Erie, wrecked, $2, 000 loss;
5. 5/5/1864, rigging was taken to Cleveland by Scow, May Flower;

Notes

General notes:: *Newspapers reported her as Schooner, "A" or "S" Buttles;
Home Port: 1860, Port Burwell; (1863-1864), Montreal;
1860, she was valued at $3,200; 1864, she was valued at $2,500, has bilge pumps;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860,1863, 1864;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
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 Canadian Coast of Lake Erie and Huron, 1858-1868;

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