Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Toronto (Schooner, 1799)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Toronto
Year of Build:
1799
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Humber River, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
James Dennis (Dennes)*
Ownership Notes:
British Government, (1799-1812);
Master(s):
Baker, (1799); Earl, (1805-1806);
Tonnage
1799
History
Classification:
a. Schooner (Yacht), Toronto (1799-1812)**
Nationality:
British (1799-1812)
Chronology:

1. 00/00/1812, Toronto Point, ashore;***

Notes
General notes:
*James Dennis was an American ship builder.
**She was used as a British government despatch vessel;
***Beers says she was wrecked on an island opposite York, Ontario;
The Toronto was broken up at York by 1/29/1812;
Macpherson list her built in August, 1799, at York, Ontario; Wrecked and broken up in 1811;
Sources:
1. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 129, 130;
2. Schooner Days, #138;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 73;
5. K. R. Macpherson, List of Vessels Employed on British Naval Service on the Great Lakes, 1755-1875, Ontario
Historical Society, September, 1963, Vol. LV, p. 174;
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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