: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head (1857)
Builder Name:: James Navagh
Ownership Notes:: Baker, James R., (1857-1860); Mannering, D., (1859); Carrington, M. D., (1860-1866); Casey, T. B., (1863-1866); Dibble, N., (1868);
Master(s):: Hutchinson, Calvin, (1857); Becker, D. M., (1859); Bucker, D., (1860: Gibbs, J. H., (1863); Berriman, Frank, (1865); Dibble, N., (1868);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 12, 1857: Port: Oswego Number: 34 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 10-22-1859
October 22, 1859: Port: Oswego Number: 28 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 9-29-1860
September 29, 1860: Port: Toledo Number: 3 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 4-18-1863
April 18, 1863: Port: Toledo Number: 16 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 4-21-1865
April 21, 1865: Port: Toledo Number: 8 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Toledo 4-1-1868
April 1, 1868: Port: Toledo Number: 49 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-7-1868
July 7, 1868: Port: Detroit Number: 103 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port; Next document: (Vessel & Document Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Minnehaha (1857-1869);
b. Schooner, Corisande (1869- )
Nationality:: American (1857-1869); Canadian (1869- );
Chronology:: 1. 12/00/1857, Turtle Island, Lake Erie, lost anchor and part of the chain, replaced, $150 loss;
2. 4/13/1860, Fighting Island, ashore, (grain), released;
3. 11/(24-25)/1860, Cape Vincent, ashore in a snow storm and released, $6, 500 loss;
4. 5/00/1867, Lake Ontario, dismasted and repaired, $500 loss;
5. 9/15/1868, Monroe, Raisin Point, ashore and released, $1, 500 loss;
6. 10/00/1869, Port Stanley, sprang a leak and sank, $32, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860 she was valued at $8,300; 1866, she was valued at $5,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
9. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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