Detroit (Schooner, 1828)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: Belden, Clifford, (1828); Giddings, Charles M., (1828-1833); Lee, James W., (1828); Vandall, T. S., (1830); Kelly,
Thomas M., (1828-1831); Gillett, Renolds, (1828-1830); Merwin, Noble H., (1828-1830); Brewester, Hiram, (1830);
Baldwin, Morris, (1830-1833); Baldwin, Norman C., (1831-1836); Gillett, Charles M., (1831); Townsend, Charles,
(1831-1836); Coit, George, (1831-1833); Kimberly,John, (1831-1833); Thompson, Sheldon, (1831-1836); Pease,
Sheldon, (1836); Griffith, James, (1836); Stanard, A. M., (1836);
Master(s):: Lee, James W., (1828-1829); Chase, Samuel, (1829); Johnson, Morris, (1830); Gillett, Renolds, (1830); Foster,
James, (1830); Mile__, G., (1831); Stanard, Charles T., (1831); Whitaker, H., (1832); Lundy, James, (1833); Cobb,
Calvin, (1836);

Power

Hull Dimensions

1828: Length: 64' 5 + 1/2" Width/Beam: 18' 4" Depth: 6' 5 + 1/2"
1831: Length: 60' 5 + 1/2" Width/Beam: 18' 4" Depth: 6' 5 + 3/4"

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

March 25, 1828: Port: Cleveland Number: 2 of 1828
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-20-1829
April 20, 1829: Port: Cleveland Number: 2 of 1829
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-6-1830
April 6, 1830: Port: Cleveland Number: 3 of 1830
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-30-1831
April 30, 1831: Port: Cleveland Number: 3 of 1831
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-4-1831
June 4, 1831: Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1831
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-5-1832
April 5, 1832: Port: Cleveland Number: 5 of 1832
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-8-1833
April 8, 1833: Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1833
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Papers Issued
Next document: Cleveland 6-4-1836
June 4, 1836: Port: Cleveland Number: 4 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Detroit (1828-1842)
Nationality:: American (1828-1842)
Chronology:: 1. 11/24/1829, Lake Huron, lost sails, spars and a man overboard, repaired;
2. 10/00/1833, Elk Creek (Erie), Lake Erie, ashore and released;
3. 10/1/1842, Buffalo, collision with steamer Lexington, lost jibboom and repaired;
4. 11/18/1842, Lake Erie, sank with all hands (6), $750 loss;
Pieces of the wreck were found near Gravelly Bay, Ontario, and identified by the paint color of the hull;

Notes

General notes:: 1. Noted as "Detroit" of Cleveland in the newspapers;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollments: Cleveland, Ohio;
3. Certificates of Registry: Cleveland, Ohio;
4. Cleveland Weekly Herald: 4/25/1828, 4/9/1829, 12/3/1829, 4/8/1830, 1/13/1831, 3/31/1831, 10/19/1833;
5. Buffalo Whig: 6/18/1834, 6/25/1834;
6. Buffalo Daily Gazette: 4/13/1843;
7. Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo): 10/1/1842, 1/18/1843;
8. Annals of Cleveland: 11/23/1842;
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer: 11/30/1842;
10. John Poole's notes;
11. Cleveland City Directory, (1837);
12. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 639;

Contact

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