Trenton (Schooner, 1843)

Description

Comments (0)

Identification

Vessel name:: Trenton
Year of Build:: 1843

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Charleston, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Winfield S. Lyons
Ownership Notes:: Meeker, C. S., (1843); Kline, John M., (I1843); Morrison, J., (1846); Foot, J. A., (1846); Lyon, R. T., (1847); Watson, S. L. (1853); Greene, S. C., (1854-1856); Washburn, G. W., (1855);
Master(s):: Reed, Conrad,(1843); Caldwell,J., (1846); Munsom, J., (1847); Stone, H., (1853); Wood, J., (1854); Wood, M., (1855);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1843)

Hull Dimensions

1843: Length: 84' 10" Width/Beam: 20' 5" Depth: 8' 6"

Tonnage

1843: Gross: 132 + 66/95

Enrollments/Registration

May 18, 1843: Port: Cleveland Number: 14 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 6-1-1843
June 1, 1843: Port: Cleveland Number: 28 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-25-1846
May 25, 1846: Port: Cleveland Number: 23 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-2-1846
September 2, 1846: Port: Cleveland Number: 43 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-14-1847
April 14, 1847: Port: Cleveland Number: 17 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo, 13 May 1848
May 13, 1848: Port: Buffalo Number: 36
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed owners
View document online
April 3, 1849: Port: Buffalo Number: 7 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-5-1850
View document online
November 5, 1850: Port: Buffalo Number: 86 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-23-1851
View document online
July 23, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 55 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-22-1853
View document online
February 22, 1853: Port: Buffalo Number: 16 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-1-1854
View document online
February 1, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 8 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-4-1854
View document online
February 4, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 9 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1855
View document online
April 24, 1855: Port: Buffalo Number: 24 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-311856
View document online
January 31, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 8 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Trenton (1843-1856)
Nationality:: American (1843-1856)
Chronology:: 1. 5/12/1849, collision, (Brig, Mary), bowsprit, cutwater and jibboom carried away, repaired, $200 loss;
2. 11/27/1852, lost the captain overboard;
3. 10/00/1855, Dunkirk, lost a man overboard;
4. 10/00/1856, Grand River, Michigan, wrecked, hull $2, 500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1843 Enrollment says she was built at Black River, Ohio;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment; Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849;
5. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 678;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;

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

Comment on this item