Constellation (Brigantine, 1846)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Ashtabula, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: C. Lockwood & E. Lockwood
Ownership Notes:: Sammis, (1846); Harmon, E., (1850); Lathrop, (1852); Bruce, E. K. ,(1855-1857); Smith, D. B., (1855);
Master(s):: Sammis, (1846); Green, D. H., (1852); Blanchard, (1853); Harmon, E., (1856); Howard, W., (1857);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Toledo 7-17-1848
July 17, 1848: Port: Toledo Number: 5 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-6-1850
June 6, 1850: Port: Cleveland Number: 37 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-8-1852
April 8, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 40 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-3-1855
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May 3, 1855: Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 10-26-1855
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October 26, 1855: Port: Toledo Number: 11 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-4-1857
May 4, 1857: Port: Buffalo Number: 51 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Brigantine, Constellation (1846-1857)
Nationality:: American (1846-1857)
Chronology:: 1. 9/23/1848, Buffalo, ashore and released; (This disaster was really the Schooner, Constitution, but was falsely reported as
the Constellation;
2. 12/7/1850, Mackinaw, ashore and released, $1, 200 loss;
3. 5/1/1851, Lake Erie, damaged in a gale and repaired, $200 loss;
4. 6/19/1852, Lake Huron, ashore, jetted cargo of corn and released, $1, 000 loss;
5. 11/12/1852, western end of Lake Erie, dismasted and repaired;
6. 5/00/1855, Buffalo, lost rudder in a gale and repaired, $200 loss;
7. 10/00/1855, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak and put into Milwaukee for repairs, canvass spilt and rigging damaged, $600
loss;
8. 10/00/1855, upper lakes, damaged in a gale, (grain), repaired, $200 loss;
9. 10/00/1855, Milwaukee, rigging damaged, canvas split in a gale, (iron ore & lumber), repaired, $600 loss;
10. 11/00/1855, Buffalo, collision, (Schooner, David Smart), repaired, $1, 000 loss;
11. 11/00/1857, Long Point, Lake Erie, lost both anchors and chains, repaired, $800 loss;
12 11/00/1857, Waukegan, Lake Michigan, ashore and became a total loss, (wheat), $9, 800 loss;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Chicago Daily Press: 11/00/1857;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;

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