William Penn (Brigantine, 1840)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: William Penn
Also known as:: Marion L. Breck
Year of Build:: 1840
Major repairs:: 1876, 1877;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1846, Calvin & Cook, Garden Island;*
2. 1858, Henry Roney, Garden Island;
2. 1863, Henry Roney, Garden Island;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Garden Island, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Additional vessel types:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: D. D. Calvin & Hiram Cook
Ownership Notes:: Calvin, Cook, & Dunn, (1848); Calvin & Beck, (1863-1871); Fraser, John, (1865); Julian & Humphrey, (1872-1879); Read, John, (1874); Read, Thomas, (1874);
Master(s):: Booth, J., (1848); Harrington, (1853-1854); Booth, E., (1863); Thompson, (1896);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Kingston 11-17-1848
November 17, 1848: Port: Kingston Number: 38 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt; Next document: Kingston 9-5-1863
September 5, 1863: Port: Kingston Number: 141 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt & Renamed

History

Classification:: a. Brig, William Penn (1840-1863);
b. Schooner, Marion L. Breck (1863- )
Nationality:: Canada (1840- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/4/1845, Lake Ontario, lost her "jolly boat", (slate color);
2. 4/22/1850, Lake Ontario, dismasted and repaired, (railroad iron);
3. 5/1/1851, Long Point Cut, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
4. 10/13/1851. Lake Ontario, capsized and towed into port, (3 lives lost);
5. 7/15/1853, Cleveland, capsized, (timber), towed into port;
6. 9/00/1855, Buffalo, struck sunken reef and released;
7. 5/7/1856, 10 miles below Point Pelee, ashore, (lumber), released;
8. 4/5/1859, Bar Point, Lake Erie, ashore, (lumber), released, ($250 loss);
9. 10/00/1866, Snake Island, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $1, 500 loss;
10. 5/00/1874, Port Colborne, collision, (Schooner, J. R. Benson), repaired, $100 loss;
11. 7/00/1874, ashore on Fighting Island and lightered off, $300 loss;
12. 10/00/1894, Point Clark, near Goderich, ashore and released;
13. 8/10/1896, Buffalo, ashore and released;
14. 10/16/1900, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $3, 800 loss;
15. 00/00/1907, Bear's Rump, Georgian Bay, ashore, (bricks);
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Notes

General notes:: *1846 - "Rebuilt from the water's edge";
1863 - Rebuilt by Henry Roney & renamed "Marion L. Breck" at Garden Island.
1860, she was valued at $2,000; 1864, she was valued at $2,500; 1872, she was valued at $13,000; 1879, she was valued at $8,000;
Sources:: 1. Enrollment: Kingston, Ontario;
2. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879;
3. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869, 1873;
4. Donald Swainson, A Shipping Empire, Garden Island;
5. John Poole's notes;
6. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;

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