Governor (Schooner, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Portsmouth (Hatters Bay), Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: J. Quinn
Ownership Notes:: Holcomb, (1854-1857); Henderson, (1854-1857); Taylor, W. P., (1864); Fitzgerald, Albert, (1868); Smith, A. F., (1872); Fitzgerald, A., (1874); Benedict, H. C., (1874); Hopkins, G. H., (1874);
Master(s):: Taylor, (1848-1854); Fitzgerald, Albert, (1868-1872); Fitzgerald, A., (1874); Turner, J. M., (1874); Frazer, S., (1874);

Power

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 27, 1849: Port: Montreal
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 9-2-1868
September 2, 1868: Port: Oswego Number: 31 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Act of July 20, 1868
Next document: Oswego 4-11-1872
April 11, 1872: Port: Oswego Number: 123 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-5-1872
May 5, 1872: Port: Oswego Number: 142 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego10-15-1974
October 15, 1874: Port: Oswego Number: 10 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 10-17-1874
October 17, 1874: Port: Oswego Number: 12 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-1-1875; Next document: (Sold Foreign)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Governor (1847- )
Nationality:: Canada (1847-1868); America (1868-1875); Canada (1875- )
Chronology:: 1. 4/00/1858, off Port Colborne, Lake Erie, collision, (Bark, Adriatic), bows stove in and repaired, $300 loss;
2. 9/00/1862, Pigeon Island, Lake Ontario, ashore and released;
3. 11/00/1869, lost deck load of hoops on Lake Huron;

Notes

General notes:: 1854, she was valued at $1,700; 1856, she was valued at $6,000; 1864, she was valued at $3,500;
1868, her home port was Oswego, New York;
Sources:: 1. Canadian Vessel Register: 1854, 1856, 1857, 1864;
2. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Canadian Coast of Lake Erie and Huron, 1858-1868;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
6. Master Abstracts: Oswego, New York;
7. Enrollment: Oswego, New York;
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:

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