Armada (Schooner, 1849)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Armada
Year of Build:: 1849
Major repairs:: 1858;
Official Number:: 364

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sackets Harbor, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Figure Head
Builder Name:: Asa Wilcox
Ownership Notes:: Sacket, G. A., (1849); Merrick, E. G., (1849); Wilcox, C., (1850); Hunter, S. P., (1850); Atwater, S. T., (1854); Durfee, S. S., (1855); Dunlap, (1860-1863); Morton, (1860-1863); Thompson, O. G., (1864-1866); Baryson, F. O., (1866); Ferry, E., (1868);
Master(s):: hunter, S. P., (1849-1850); Tracy, J. M., (1854); Bartlett, E., (1864; Blair, H. J., (1865); Baryson, F.; O., (1866); Merray, J, (1868);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1849)

Hull Dimensions

1849: Length: 107' 9" Width/Beam: 24' 8" Depth: 9' 9"
1865: Length: 109.2' Width/Beam: 25.4' Depth: 9.1'

Tonnage

1849: Gross: 235 + 44/95
1865: Gross: 176.53

Enrollments/Registration

May 9, 1849: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 18 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sackets Harbor 9-28-1849
September 28, 1849: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 28 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 4-6-1850
April 6, 1850: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 6 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 8-24-1850
August 24, 1850: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 24 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 4-8-1853
April 8, 1853: Port: Sacketts Harbor Number: 7 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-12-1854
April 12, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 69 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-17-1855
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December 17, 1855: Port: Chicago Number: 115 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Erie 4-13-1864
April 13, 1864: Port: Erie Number: 4 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-13-1864
July 13, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 247 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-29-1865
May 29, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 367 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-6-1866
April 6, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 658 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-1-1868
April 1, 1868: Port: Grand Haven Number: 46 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Grand Haven 12-16-1869; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Armada (1849-1868);
b. Barge, Armada (1868-1869)
Nationality:: American (1849 -1869)
Chronology:: 1. 5/10/1852, Lake Erie, collision (Steamer, J. D. Morton), repaired, $900 loss;
2. 9/00/1860, Lake Michigan, lost a man overboard;
3. 5/4/1861, Fighting Island, ashore and released;
4. 9/00/1861, Lake Huron, collision, (Schooner, Bonnie Doon), repaired, $400 loss;
5. 9/00/1864, Port Austin, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $3, 800 loss;
6. 5/00/1869, broke adrift from a tug on Lake Michigan and later recovered;
6. 9/00/1869, sank;

Notes

General notes:: 1866, she is valued at $3,600; 1871, she is just listed with no value;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Erie, Pennsylvania; Grand Haven, Michigan; Sackets Habor, New
York;
2. Enrollments; Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Erie, Pennsylvania; Grand Haven, Michigan; Sackets Habor, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863-1864, 1866, 1871;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861, 1/22/1862;
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
8. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
9. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:

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