Comely (Schooner, 1847)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Comely
Year of Build:: 1847
Major repairs:: 1850, 1863;
Official Number:: 4367

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Collins
Ownership Notes:: Cooper, C. C., (1847); Penfield, J. B., (1850); Godson,H., (1852); Colbourn, H., (1855); Adkins, W. G., (1860-1862); Clark, Stephen, (1860); Cardinell, R., (1862); Farnham, T., (1863-1864); Hodge, (1863-1864); Hall, W. H., (1865); Montgomery, J. H., (1865-1866); Becker, J., (1866-1869); Becker, H., (1867); Pennington, B., (1867);
Master(s):: Palmer, J., (1847); McCarthy, C., (1850); Featherstonhaugh, H., (1855); Stone, B. L., (1860); McDanald, J., (1862); Paterson, M., (1863); Hull, J. H., (1865); Honeywell, E., (1866); Becker, J., (1867-1869);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1847)

Hull Dimensions

1847: Length: 122' 7" Width/Beam: 22' 4" Depth: 9' 8"
1865: Length: 123.5' Width/Beam: 22.5' Depth: 9.6'

Tonnage

1847: Gross: 248 + 17/95
1865: Gross: 190.55
1866*: Gross: 193.88

Enrollments/Registration

May 8, 1847: Port: Oswego Number: 24 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 8-15-1850
August 15, 1850: Port: Oswego Number: 46 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-9-1852
April 9, 1852: Port: Oswego Number: 9 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 9-12-1855
September 12, 1855: Port: Oswego Number: 34 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-30-1857
June 30, 1857: Port: Oswego Number: 11 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-9-1860
June 9, 1860: Port: Oswego Number: 21 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-13-1862
June 13, 1862: Port: Oswego Number: 34 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-14-1862
October 14, 1862: Port: Buffalo Number: 164 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-21-1862
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October 21, 1862: Port: Buffalo Number: 169 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-13-1863
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April 13, 1863: Port: Buffalo Number: 66 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1865
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April 24, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 54 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-26-1865
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April 26, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 62 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-19-1866
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March 19, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 21 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Headroom Added
Next document: Cleveland 4-13-1866
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April 13, 1866: Port: Cleveland Number: 21 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-25-1867
March 25, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 26 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-19-1867
April 19, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 52 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-9-1869
March 9, 1869: Port: Cleveland Number: 6 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-9-1875; Next document: (Vessel Lost & Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Comely (1847-1869)
Nationality:: American (1847-1869)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1861, off Long Point, Lake Ontario, stoved by her own anchor, broke adrift, became waterlogged, towed to
Oswego for repairs, $600 loss;
2. 9/00/1864, Point Abino, Lake Erie, sank and raised, $11, 000 loss;
3. 10/21/1865, St. Clair River, ashore above Windsor, Ontario, and released;
4. 10/13/1869, Point Abino, ashore, sank and hull went to pieces on 10/14/1869, (coal), $10, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Head room was added in 1866;
1866, she was valued at $4,300;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1877);

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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