Millard Filmore (Schooner, 1856)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Millard Filmore
Year of Build:: 1856
Major repairs:: 1864;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1864;
2. 1885;
Official Number:: 16395

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Vicent Bidwell
Ownership Notes:: Bruce, Elizah K., (1856); Walker, Henry C., (1856); Lake Navigation Company, (1858); Abby, D. E., (1858-1861); Abby, W., (1858); Kinne, H. M., (1858); Adkins, A. A., (1859): Young, William, (1861); Chapin, D., (1861); Ferguson, D., (1862-1864); English, A., (1864-1865); English, T., (1878); Dall, D., (1882); Sullivan, J. P., (1885-1886):
Master(s):: Bruce, Elizah K., (1856); Abby, D. E., (1858); Spencer, G. N., (1858-1859); Dell, J. S., (1859); Knight, J., (1861-1862); Kyle, J., (1864); English, A., (1865); English, T., (1878); Muller, E., (1882); Sullivan, J. P., (1885-1886);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1856)

Hull Dimensions

1856: Length: 139' 3" Width/Beam: 26' 2" Depth: 11' 4"
1865: Length: 139' Width/Beam: 26.1' Depth: 10.5'

Tonnage

1856: Gross: 377 + 17/95
1865: Gross: 291.70 Net: 277.12
1864
1885

Enrollments/Registration

August 21, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 179 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 10-22-1856
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October 22, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 204 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-17-1856
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November 17, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 213 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-7-1858
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June 7, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 72 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-17-1858
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July 17, 1858: Port: Oswego Number: 33 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-2-1859
April 2, 1859: Port: Oswego Number: 2 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 10-8-1860
October 8, 1860: Port: Oswego Number: 31 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-9-1861
March 9, 1861: Port: Milwaukee Number: 18 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-4-1862
April 4, 1862: Port: Buffalo Number: 1 of 1862
Document Type: Registration
Reason: PE Surrendered
Next document: Milwaukee 4-23-1862
April 23, 1862: Port: Milwaukee Number: 59 of 1862
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: PR Surrendered
Next document: Chicago 5-27-1864
May 27, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 202 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Chicago 4-17-1865
April 17, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 211 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 6-26-1878
June 26, 1878: Port: Chicago Number: 113 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-28-1882
December 28, 1882: Port: Chicago Number: 41 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-10-1884; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
June 30, 1885: Port: Detroit Number: 69 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Detroit 12-13-1886
December 13, 1886: Port: Detroit Number: 33 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Detroit 7-26-1892; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Millard Filmore (1856-1892)
Nationality:: American (1856-1892)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1856, Lake Michigan hull damaged in a gale and repaired, (wheat), hull $300 loss, cargo $700 loss
2. 9/00/1857, Lake Michigan, damaged cargo of wheat in a gale, $750 loss;
3. 11/00/1859, Beaver Island, Lake Michigan, ashore and lightered off, $1, 100 loss, (wheat)
4. 11/22/1870, Grand Traverse Bay, ashore and released;
5. 6/00/1872, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore on Hog Island Reef, released, $7, 000 loss;
6. 10/26/1884, near Waugoschance Light House, ashore and released, (oats);
7. 7/9/1890, Horseshoe Reef, near Buffalo, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
8. 8/00/1891, near Rogers City, Michigan, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and sank, (iron ore);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1892);
5. John Poole's notes;

Contact

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