Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Robert Emmet (Schooner, 1847)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Robert Emmet
Year of Build:
1847
Major repairs:
1864, 1872;
Rebuilt:
1. 1872;
Official Number:
21142
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Figure Head (1847);
Plain Head (1865)
Builder Name:
Jacob W. Banta
Ownership Notes:
Beard, D. C., (1850); Short, P., (1857-1863); Clark, S. E., (1858); Hoyt, Gabriel, (1863-1864); Zalm, Henry, (1865); Winslow, Henry, (1866); Bradley, James, (1866-1873); Montgomery, J. H., (1872); Cutter, A. T., (1874);
Master(s):
Knight, J., (1857); Clark, S. E., (1858); Brown, J., (1863); Bradley, J., (1866-1872); Graham, J. L., (1865); Byran, L., (1866); Barret, A., (1874);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1847)*
Hull Dimensions
1847
Length: 114' 10" Width/Beam: 25' 3" Depth: 9' 3"
1865
Length: 114.5' Width/Beam: 25.6' Depth: 8.95'
Tonnage
1847
Gross: 245 + 7/95
1865
Gross: 196.02
1872
Enrollments/Registration
April 27, 1847
   Port: Buffalo Number: 31 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-15-1848
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November 15, 1848
   Port: Buffalo Number: 89 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-25-1850
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May 25, 1850
   Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-3-1857
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March 3, 1857
   Port: Buffalo Number: 13 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-3-1857
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March 3, 1857
   Port: Buffalo Number: 14 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-2-1858
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April 2, 1858
   Port: Buffalo Number: 4 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-2-1858
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April 2, 1858
   Port: Buffalo Number: 5 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-7-1863
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April 7, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 51 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-8-1865
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April 8, 1865
   Port: Sandusky Number: 17 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Sandusky 5-11-1865
May 11, 1865
   Port: Sandusky Number: 41 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-22-1866
March 22, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 31 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-19-1866
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December 19, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 306 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-23-1872
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April 23, 1872
   Port: Buffalo Number: 120 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Buffalo 11-13-1872
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November 13, 1872
   Port: Buffalo Number: 91 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-24-1874
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March 24, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 167 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 2-16-1876
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February 16, 1876
   Port: Toledo
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Robert Emmet (1847-1872);
b. Barge, Robert Emmet (1872- )
Nationality:
American (1847- )
Chronology:
1. 4/21/1853, Kingston, ashore, (railroad iron), released, $1, 957 loss;
2. 12/1/1853, Kenosha, damaged in a gale, (wheat), repaired, $400 loss;
3. 6/00/1856, Chicago Harbor, struck sunken anchor, sprang a leak, repaired, $700 loss;
4. 9/00/1866, Waukegan, ashore and released, $1, 280 loss;
5. 10/00/1869, damaged in a gale on Lake Erie and repaired;
6. 10/15/1872, Port Bruce, ashore and released;
Notes
General notes:
*One mast in 1872;
Spring of1860, she was valued at $4,500; 1871, she was valued at $3,500; 1876, she was listed with no valued given;
1860 she was sheathed all over with 2" plank;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Sandusky, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Sandusky, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1873);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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