Samuel Robinson (Schooner, 1853)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Ohio City, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Laffrienier & Stevens
Ownership Notes:: Harmon, Ralph H., (1853); Warner, John F., (1853); Handy, Augustus, (1853); Harman, A. M., (1857); Gluning, J., (1862); Greening, J., (1863); Donahue, Pat, (1863); Buckley, T., (1864); Harmon, J. H., (1864);
Master(s):: Buffington, William, (1853); Gilmore, James, (1854); Allen, H. M., (1857); Robinson, (1862); Donahue, Pat., (1863); Finigan, J., (1864);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 11, 1853: Port: Cleveland Number: 92 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-19-1855
April 19, 1855: Port: Cleveland Number: 15 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-11-1857
April 11, 1857: Port: Cleveland Number: 17 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-9-1862
April 9, 1962: Port: Cleveland Number: 14 of 1962
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-9-1863
April 9, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 53 of 1863
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Papers Expired
Next document: Cleveland 5-4-1863
May 4, 1863: Port: Cleveland Number: 55 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: TE Surrendered
Next document: Chicago 7-20-1864
July 20, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 254 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Samuel Robinson (1853- )
Nationality:: American (1853- )
Chronology:: 1. 8/00/1855, Lake Huron, collision, (Propeller, Milwaukee), repaired, $2, 000 loss;
2. 6/00/1861, Lake Erie, lost center board and replaced, $50 loss;
3. 11/00/1868, Charity Island, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $7, 200 loss;
4. 8/00/1870, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak and became waterlogged, repaired, $775 loss;
5. 11/00/1870, Parry Sound, Lake Michigan, struck a rock, sprang a leak and repaired, $1, 050 loss;
6. 12/3/1871, frozen in the ice at Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay, (lumber) and released;
7. 5/24/1872, forty miles off Chicago, Lake Michigan, collision in a fog, (Propeller, Manistee), sank, $$32, 000 loss;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);

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