Elmina (Schooner, 1848)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Lower Sandusky (Fremont), Ohio*
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: David Johnson
Ownership Notes:: Hubbard, L. S., (1849-1851); Hubbard, R. B., (1853);
Master(s):: Anderson, A., (1851); Wilson, G. S., (1852); Chadwick, Charles, C., (1849);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 30, 1848: Port: Sandusky Number: 21 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 9-6-1849
September 6, 1849: Port: Sandusky Number: 23 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-26-1850
April 26, 1850: Port: Sandusky Number: 14 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-15-1851
April 15, 1851: Port: Sandusky Number: 7 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-5-1853
May 5, 1853: Port: Detroit Number: 58 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Elmina (1848- )**
Nationality:: American (1848- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/1/1851, Oswego, ashore, (salt), sank and raised, $4, 700 loss;
2. 5/19/1852, Cleveland, lost both masts and repaired, $100 loss;
3. 8/9/1866, Genesee, ashore, struck a sunken pier;

Notes

General notes:: *Lower Sandusky;
**Newspapers sometimes called her "Elmira" by mistake;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;

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