Souvenier (Schooner, 1854)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Souvenier
Year of Build:: 1854
Rebuilt:: 1. 1868;
Official Number:: 22579

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Lake, Wisconsin*
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: B. M. Eaton
Ownership Notes:: Rusick, James, (1864); Johnson, J., (1879); Stewart, James R., (1886); Welsh, John, (1886); Sharbang, Joseph, (1887): Lewis, Henry, (1888); Merchant, E. J., (1889); Clary, William, (1889-1890);
Master(s):: Roune, W., (1854); Cusick, J. P., (1862)Lambert, C., (1865); Scott, A. B., (1866); Cranie, D., (1868-1869); Millidge, J., (1873); Forklesen, G., (1871-1877); Grant, O., (1878); Johnson, J., (1879): Johnson, L., (1879); Welsh, John, (1886): Stewart, James R., (1886); Sharbang, Joseph, (1887); Lewis, Henry, (1888); Merchant, E. J., (1889); Clacy, William, (1889);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1854)

Hull Dimensions

1854: Length: 65' 4" Width/Beam: 20' 7" Depth: 5' 7"
1868: Length: 89.1' Width/Beam: 21.2' Depth: 6'

Tonnage

1854: Gross: 64 + 9/95
1865: Gross: 51.50
1868: Gross: 87.42 Net: 83.05

Enrollments/Registration

June 28, 1854: Port: Milwaukee Number: 32 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 3-28-1856
March 28, 1856: Port: Milwaukee Number: 11 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-30-1862
August 30, 1862: Port: Milwaukee Number: 25 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-26-1865
March 26, 1865: Port: Milwaukee Number: 5 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 4-14-1866
April 14, 1866: Port: Milwaukee Number: 170 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 8-18-1868
August 18, 1868: Port: Grand Haven Number: 8 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Grand Haven 6-2-1869
June 2, 1869: Port: Grand Haven Number: 48 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 7-27-1871
July 27, 1871: Port: Grand Haven Number: 6 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 11-1-1873
November 1, 1873: Port: Grand Haven Number: 29 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Grand Haven 3-22-1876
March 22, 1876: Port: Grand Haven Number: 34 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 7-2-1877
July 2, 1877: Port: Grand Haven Number: 1 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 9-5-1877
September 5, 1877: Port: Grand Haven Number: 18 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 8-30-1878
August 30, 1878: Port: Grand Haven Number: 15 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 10-27-1879
October 2, 1879: Port: Grand Haven Number: 44 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 11-13-1879
November 13, 1879: Port: Milwaukee Number: 37 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Milwaukee 4-19-1886
April 19, 1886: Port: Milwaukee Number: 68 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit11-16-1886
November 16, 1886: Port: Detroit Number: 30 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-23-1887
March 23, 1887: Port: Detroit Number: 45 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Detroit 4-5-1888
April 5, 1888: Port: Detroit Number: 48 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-24-1889
April 27, 1889: Port: Detroit Number: 80 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 5-6-1889
May 6, 1889: Port: Port Huron Number: 178 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 9-13-1889
September 13, 1889: Port: Port Huron Number: 36 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-10-1890
April 10, 1890: Port: Port Huron Number: 116 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 8-28-1894; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Souvenier (1854-1894)
Nationality:: American (1854-1894)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1855, Milwaukee, collision, (Bark, Great West), repaired, $1, 000 loss;
2. 11/00/1857, between St. Joseph and Grand Haven, ashore and released, $900 loss;
3. 6/00/1862, Lake Michigan, capsized, (4 lives lost), towed into port for repairs;
4. 9/00/1867, Lake Michigan, lost her mainmast and replaced, $250 loss;
5. 4/00/1869, on Pentwater Bar, Lake Michigan, got off with slight damage;
5. 4/00/1869, Chicago, caught on fire and burned, repaired, $400 loss;
7. 11/00/1869, Lake Michigan, damaged by heavy weather and repaired;
8. 11/(16-19)/1869, ashore at South Haven, Lake Michigan and released;
7. 11/00/1872, Ludington, Lake Superior, wrecked, $4, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Enrollment says "town of Lake, Wisconsin"; This place was near Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 1864 vessel register notes the builder as Filkins;
U.S. Merchant Vessels says she was built in 1854 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Chicago Daily Press: 11/00/1857;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1894);

Contact

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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