Annexation (Schooner, 1849)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: Annexation
Also known as:: Agnes
Year of Build:: 1849
Rebuilt:: 1. 1850, Rogers, Goderich, Ontario;
2. 1859, Rogers, Goderich, Ontario;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Goderich, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Henry Marlton
Ownership Notes:: Crabb,Chistopher C., (1849-1850); Wallace, R. W., (1862-1869); Wright, George, (1862-1866); O'Brien, James, (1869-1873);
Master(s):: Crabb, Christopher, (1849-1850);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Montreal 6-4-1850
June 4, 1850: Port: Montreal Number: 19 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: ()Register Cancelled)
July 11, 1850: Port: Goderich Number: 1 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Port Hope 8-4-1862
August 4, 1862: Port: Port Hope
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Renamed "Agnes"

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Annexation (1849-1862);
b. Schooner, Agnes (1862- )
Nationality:: Canada (1849- )
Chronology:: 1. 6/00/1869, St. Clair River, damaged in collision, (Tug, J. S. Noyes), and repaired;
2. 11/5/1869, Sackets Harbor, Lake Ontario, ashore and became a total loss, (shingle & bolts), $5, 000 loss;
3. 10/00/1872, Port Rondeau, ashore, (staves);

Notes

General notes:: 1866, she was valued at $1,800;
Sources:: 1. Enrollments: Goderich; Montreal;
2. Vessel Register: 1856, 1857, 1860, 1864, 1866;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869, 1873;

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