Fashion (Brigantine, 1846)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Fashion
Year of Build:: 1846
Major repairs:: 1865;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1864, DeGrote;
2. 1876;
Official Number:: 9189

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Johnson & Tisdale
Ownership Notes:: Allen, W. F., (1846); Pease, S., (1850); Walker, H. C., (1852); Jones, T., (1855); Spaids, C. D., (1856); Holt, D. R., (1857); Mccaffery, J., (1859); Holt, (1860); Murphy, H. P., (1861); Brown, T., (1862); Clydesdale, G. L., (1863); Spaulding, J., (1863-1873); Porter, H., (1869); Houghtcling, W., (1873); Shaw, M., (1873-1876); Mrs. Shaw, (1878);
Master(s):: Brown, C. H., (1846); McKee, J. C., (1852); Jones, T., (1855); Monroe, I., (1856); Williamson, J., (1857-1859); Ring, S., (1861); Ring, A., (1862); Clydesdale, G. L., (1863); Ranson, W. F., (1865); Traverse, J., (1869); Chambers, J., (1871);
Houghtcling, W., (1873); Cuddy, L., (1873); Burns, R., (1876);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1846)

Hull Dimensions

1846: Length: 123' 6" Width/Beam: 24' 5 1/4" Depth: 10' 1 1/8"
1865: Length: 125.1' Width/Beam: 24.2' Depth: 9.95'

Tonnage

1846: Gross: 282 + 42/95
1865: Gross: 214,18
1876: Gross: 205.27

Enrollments/Registration

April 14, 1846: Port: Cleveland Number: 9 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 5-15-1850
May 15, 1850: Port: Cleveland Number: 32 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-6-1850
June 6, 1850: Port: Buffalo Number: 48 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-22-1852
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April 22, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 52 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-12-1855
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April 12, 1855: Port: Chicago Number: 13 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-7-1856
April 7, 1856: Port: Chicago Number: 13 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-25-1857
March 25, 1857: Port: Chicago Number: 13 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-31-1859
May 31, 1859: Port: Chicago Number: 35 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-31-1861
August 31, 1861: Port: Chicago Number: 82 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-28-1862
May 28, 1862: Port: Chicago Number: 100 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-27-1863
March 27, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 8 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-27-1863
March 27, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 9 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-21-1865
April 21, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 245 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-23-1869
April 23, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 247 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-4-1871
September 4, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 26 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-19-1873
February 19, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 136 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-5-1873
March 5, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 161 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-22-1876
April 22, 1876: Port: Chicago Number: 74 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 12-31-1877; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Brigantine, Fashion (1846-1877)
Nationality:: American (1846-1877)
Chronology:: 1. 10/14/1851, Lake Michigan, ashore, (iron ore), released, $1, 500;
2. 10/1/1852, Lake Michigan, dismasted and refitted, $1, 000 loss;
2. 5/26/1853, Detroit River, collision, (Steamer, Pacific), repaired, $1, 500;
3. 10/00/1856, middle ground off Port Huron, ashore and released, cargo $200 loss, hull $200 loss;
4. 11/00/1856, Chicago, sprang a leak in a gale, repaired, cargo $3, 000 loss, hull $1, 000 loss;
5. 10/12/1857, Point Pelee, ashore in a fog, released;
6. 8/00/1866, Lake Michigan, damaged by collision and repaired;
7. 5/00/1869, near Chicago, Lake Michigan, lost a main boom and foretopmast by collision, (Schooner, Cornelia), repaired,
$1, 100 loss;
8. 6/00/1871, Lake Michigan, lost jibboom and head gear, repaired, $375 loss;
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Notes

General notes:: (1860-Vessel Register)-$2,000 Value-C2 (1863-Vessel Register)-$2,500 Value-C2 (1864-Vessel Register)-$2,500 Value-C2 (1866-Vessel Register)-$9,000 Value-A2;
(1871-Vessel Register)-$8,000 Value-B1; (1873-Vessel Register)-$6,000 Value-B1;
(1878-Vessel Register)-$2,000 value-C1 -
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1865, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1878;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:

Contact

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