Ocean Eagle (Brigantine, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: T. R. Rogers
Ownership Notes:: Colborne, Hanford, (1855); Clark, S., (1856); Miles, James, (1861); Galligan, John, (1861);
Master(s):: McKnight, William, (1855); Rogers, J. W., (1856); Galligan, Michael, (1861);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Oswego 5-3-1855
May 3, 1855: Port: Oswego Number: 13 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Oswego 8-14-1856
August 14, 1856: Port: Oswego Number: 35 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-22-1861
March 22, 1861: Port: Buffalo Number: 11 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Brig., Unknown (1847-1855);
b. Brig., Ocean Eagle (1855- )
Nationality:: American (1847- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1855, Straits of Mackinaw, dismasted and repaired, $1, 000 loss;
2. 10/00/1857, Horseshoe Reef, near Buffalo, ashore and released, $300 loss;
3. 10/00/1858, damaged cargo of wheat in a gale and put into Detroit for repairs, $1, 400 loss;
4. 10/17/1859, Horseshoe Reef, Buffalo, ashore, (wheat), released, $19, 000 loss;
5. 7/29/1860, ashore and released;
6. 10/00/1862, Sheboygan, wrecked;

Notes

General notes:: *Built on the bottom of Brig S______; (Could not read vessels full name);
**Relaunched on 5/3/1855;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Chicago Daily Press: 10/00/1857;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
7. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 692;

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