New Brunswick (Schooner, 1847)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: New Brunswick
Year of Build:: 1847
Rebuilt:: 1. 1850, Lewis Shickluna;
2. 1855, Lewis Shickluna, Hamnilton, Ontario;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: St. Catharines, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head (1847)
Plain Head (1855)
Builder Name:: Lewis Shickluna
Ownership Notes:: Merritt, Neh., (1847-1850); Saint John, (1847); Merritt, Thomas, (1850); Iagoe, William, (1855); Martin, J. R., (1856); Sunderland, J., (1857); Eberts, H., Henry, (1858);
Master(s):: Fortier, Charles,(1850); Horne, William, (1855); McTavish, (1858);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 12, 1847: Port: St. Catharines
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Montreal 6-27-1855
June 27, 1850: Port: Montreal Number: 28 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Hamilton 3-20-1855
March 20, 1855: Port: Hamilton Number: 28 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, New Brunswick (1847-1855);
b. Bark, New Brunswick (1855-1858)
Nationality:: Canada (1847-1858)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1847, she left Chicago with 18, 000 bushels of wheat for Liverpool via Welland Canal and St. Lawrence: This was
the first Great Lakes vessel ever to sail to European Ports.
2. 10/28/1850, St. Lawrence Canal, struck a rock, sank and raised, (railroad Iron);
3. 5/00/1855, off Cleveland, Lake Erie, lost center board and head sails, repaired, $500 loss;
4. 8/26/1858, below Point Pelee, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, sank, (white oak & black walnut), (5 lives lost), cargo $2, 000 lost, hull
$4, 500 loss;
5. 8/21/1910, Salvage exhibition formed from Port Huron; Heirs of the New Brunswick protested & headed off the salvage;
6. 5/21/1923, Margaret Goodman (hard hat diver) discovered wreck & attempted salvage;
7. 5/00/1980, Wreck rediscovered & salvaged;

Notes

General notes:: 1857, she was valued at $1,600;
Sources:: 1. Enrollment: Hamilton, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; St. Catharines, Ontario;
2. Canadian Vessel Register: 1854, 1856, 1857;
3. St. Catherine Journal: 4/8/1847;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Canadian Coast of Lake Erie and Huron, 1858-1868;
7. John Poole's notes;

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