Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Seminole
Year of Build:
1847
Major repairs:
1858, 1862;
Rebuilt:
1. 1869, Algonac, Michigan;
2. 1884;
3. 1890;
Official Number:
23101
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Point Peninsula, New York*
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Asa Wilcox
Ownership Notes:
Shattuck, Guidon F., (1847); Peck, Francis, (1847); Fitzhugh, Henry, (1847); Littlejohn, D., (1847-1853); Green, J. M., (1856);
Cummings, M. J., (1862-1864); Joyce, (1864); Clark, F. C., (1865); Butterfield, J. D., (1865-1866); Swartnet, B., (1867-1870). Harrow, H., (1869); Day, J., (1872-1874); Mitchell, W., (1878); Hunt, M. H., (1881-1885); Fick, Rosa, (1884-1885); Fich, Peter H., (1888); Ellery, Delephene E., (1889-1890); Ellery, H. J., (1892);
Master(s):
Green, J. M., (1856); Cunnings, M. J., (1862); Cummings, A., (1864); Vorce, J., (1865); Cartwright, B., (1865); McNeal, J. S., (1866-1868); Haya_ton, P., (1867); Harrow, H., (1869); Swartnet, B., (1870); Day, J., (1872-1874); Mitchell, W., (1878); Gonyaw, N., (1881); Fick, Peter H., (1884-1888); Ellery, Phillip, (1889-1892);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1847)
Hull Dimensions
1847
Length: 187' 10" Width/Beam: 24' 1" Depth: 9' 2"
1865
Length: 118' Width/Beam: 23.9' Depth: 9.4'
1869
Length: 118.1' Width/Beam: 23.1' Depth: 9.1'
Tonnage
1847
Gross: 242 + 60/95
1865
Gross: 188
1869
Gross: 188.72 Net: 179.29
Enrollments/Registration
May 19, 1847
   Port: Oswego Number: 32 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 5-6-1853
May 6, 1853
   Port: Oswego Number: 21 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-1-1856
May 1, 1856
   Port: Oswego** Number: 7 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 9-24-1861
September 21, 1861
   Port: Oswego Number: 65 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-9-1862
April 9, 1862
   Port: Oswego Number: 14 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-4-1864
April 4, 1864
   Port: Oswego Number: 22 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-11-1865
May 11, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 166 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Port Huron 11-7-1866
November 7, 1866
   Port: Port Huron Number: 23 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Division of the District
Next document: Port Huron 4-25-1867
April 25, 1867
   Port: Port Huron Number: 31 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-6-1868
May 6, 1868
   Port: Port Huron Number: 31 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-21-1869
April 21, 1869
   Port: Port Huron Number: 27 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Altered to a Barge
Next document: Port Huron 4-15-1870
April 15, 1870
   Port: Port Huron Number: 16 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-20-1872
April 20, 1872
   Port: Port Huron Number: 79 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-30-1873
April 30, 1873
   Port: Port Huron Number: 90 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-9-1874
April 9, 1874
   Port: Port Huron Number: 81 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-15-1878
May 15, 1878
   Port: Port Huron Number: 73 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 10-19-1881
October 1, 1881
   Port: Port Huron Number: 59 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-18-1884
March 18, 1884
   Port: Port Huron Number: 68 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Schooner
Next document: Port Huron 7-6-1885
July 6, 1885
   Port: Port Huron Number: 5 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 11-20-1888
November 2, 1888
   Port: Port Huron Number: 54 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-14-1889
June 14, 1889
   Port: Port Huron Number: 210 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-26-1890
March 26, 1890
   Port: Port Huron Number: 76 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Schooner
Next document: Detroit 9-8-1892
September 8, 1892
   Port: Detroit Number: 24 of 1892
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 9-12-1892
September 12, 1892
   Port: Port Huron Number: 35 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 5-29-1899

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Seminole (1847-1869);
b. Barge, Seminole (1869-1890);
c. Schooner, Seminole (1890-1899)
Nationality:
American (1847-1899)
Chronology:
1. 10/00/1854, Lake Michigan, lost canvas and repaired, $500 loss;
2. 9/00/1856, Lake Michigan, collision, (Brig. Geneva), repaired, hull $150 loss;
3. 11/00/1856, Port Dalhousie, collision, (Schooner, Sardes Burchard, Schooner, Rebecca, Schooner, Challenge), repaired,
$1, 000 loss;
4. 10/00/1857, Lake Huron, stripped of canvas and repaired, $350 loss;
5. 10/00/1858, Lake Ontario, damaged rigging and canvas, put back to Oswego for repairs, $150 loss;
6. 7/00/1863, Welland Canal, damaged her hull and repaired, $450 loss;
7. 4/23/1864, Toledo, collision and repaired;
8. 10/00/1866, Lake Erie, dismasted in a gale and refitted, $500 loss;
9. 8/00/1872, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and became waterlogged, repaired, $580 loss;
10. 10/18/1885, Rondeau, waterlogged, sank, (lumber), raised;
11. 4/29/1891, Kelley's Island, sank, (stone), raised;
Notes
General notes:
*Three Mile Bay;
**1856, she is noted as a brig, on the enrollment;
1847, she was a topsail schooner;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Chicago Daily Press: 10/00/1857;
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. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1899);
8, Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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