Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Kirk White (Brigantine, 1852)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Kirk White
Year of Build:
1852
Rebuilt:
1. 1862;
Official Number:
14041
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Figure Head
Builder Name:
George Barber
Ownership Notes:
Porter, James, (1852); Wride, W., (1856); Wolf, (1860); Lawrence, (1860); Brown, H. L., (1862-1864); Raab, C., (1862); Shuhan, D.,, (1864); Sheehan, D., (1865); Phanen, F. J., (1866-1867); Grummond, S., (1868-1869)
Master(s):
Brown, H. L., (1862); Griffin, John, (1862); Love, Edward, (1864); Sheehy, D., (1865); Phanen F. J., (1866-1867); Surles, W., (1868);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1852)
Hull Dimensions
1862
Length: 102' Width/Beam: 24' 6" Depth: 8' 2"
1865
Length: 106.6' Width/Beam: 24.6' Depth: 7.9'
Tonnage
1862
Gross: 183 + 89/95
1865
Gross: 123.83
1852
Enrollments/Registration
April 23, 1852
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 7 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 2-7-1856
February 7, 1856
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 2 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 9-4-1860
September 4, 1860
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 7 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-8-1862
April 8, 1862
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 44 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt (Rigging Changed)
Next document: Chicago 8-13-1862
August 13, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 136 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-16-1862
October 16, 1862
   Port: Detroit Number: 193 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-13-1864
April 13, 1864
   Port: Detroit Number: 49 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-5-1865
April 5, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 11 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 4-16-1866
April 16, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 46 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-12-1867
April 12, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 58 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-10-1867
August 10, 1867
   Port: Detroit Number: 163 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-2-1868
May 2, 1868
   Port: Detroit Number: 60 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Detroit 5-24-1869
May 24, 1869
   Port: Detroit Number: 84 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-9-1871

Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
History
Classification:
a. Brig., Kirk White (1852-1862);
b. Schooner, Kirk White (1862-1871)
Nationality:
American (1852-1871)
Chronology:
1. 10/2/1853, Malden, ashore, (grain), released, $100 loss;
2. 5/29/1854, Lake Michigan, collision, (Steamer, Traveller), repaired;
3. 12/00/1855, bar at Milwaukee, ashore, damaged merchandise, released, $900 loss;
4. 5/15/1855, Milwaukee, ashore and released, $200 loss;
5. 11/00/1855, Long Point, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, Velocity), repaired, $200 loss;
6. 5/00/1856, Chicago, ashore and released, sank and raised, cargo $100 loss, hull $1, 300 loss;
7. 11/00/1856, Bois Blanc Island, Lake Huron, ashore, (wheat), sank and raised, cargo $300 loss, hull $200 loss;
8. 10/00/1861, near Chicago, collision, (Schooner, Magic), repaired, $550 loss;
9. 9/25/1862, Vicksburg, St. Clair River, collision, (Schooner, David Todd), sank and raised;
10. 10/00/1863, Lake Erie, disabled in a gale and repaired, $1, 500 loss;
11. 7/00/1865, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and jetted part of her cargo, repaired, $575 loss;
12. 9/00/1869, Saginaw Bay, ashore;
13. 10/00/1869, Pinnepog, Lake Huron, ashore and became a total loss, $5, 000 loss, (lumber);
Notes
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
6. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 692;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
Contact
Contact
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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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