Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Favorite (Bark, 1863)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Favorite
Year of Build:
1863
Rebuilt:
1. 1878;
2. 1880, Buffalo, New York;
3. 1881, Buffalo, New York;
4. 1885, Port Huron, Michigan;
5. 1910, Detroit, Michigan;
Official Number:
9161
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Newport, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Bark
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Female Figure Head
Builder Name:
Joseph Luff
Ownership Notes:
Gilchrist, Alexander, (1863-1864); Moore, Franklin, (1865); Mann, Charles J., (1866); Winslow, Henry C., (1870-1872); Hamett, D. D., (1873); Smith, E. T., (1878); Montgomery, R., (1878-1880): Griffin, J. B., (1881); DeGraff, I. H., (1881); Mitchell, William, (1882-1886); Vance, E. J., (1887); Loud, H. L., (1888); Runnells, H. E., (1889-1906); Flanner, (1906-1908); Reeves, (1906-1908); Butler Brothers, (1908); Tunnel Construction Company (1910); Ellery, W. H., (1910); LeBeau Wrecking Company, (1920);
Master(s):
Luff, J., (1863); Pringle, Thomas, (1865); Hall, Harvey, (1866); Winslow, Henry C., (1870-1872); Hamett, D. D., (1873); Smith, E. T., (1878): Fick, P. H., (1880-1881): Cramer, J., (1881); Gain, A. H., (1882); Burnett, H. H., (1883-1885); Millard, C. S., (1886); Vance, E. J., (1887); Smith, D. M., (1888); Sinclair, L., (1889-1892);
Power
Number of Masts:
3(1863)
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 164' 10" Width/Beam: 31' 1" Depth: 13'
1865
Length: 166.3' Width/Beam: 31.2' Depth: 12'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 616 + 7/95
1865
Gross: 451.70 Net: 434.11
1881
1885
1910
1880
1878
Enrollments/Registration
September 9, 1863
   Port: Detroit Number: 176 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-18-1865
April 18, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 44 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 3-30-1866
March 30, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 26 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-14-1870
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April 14, 1870
   Port: Buffalo Number: 129 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-9-1872
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April 9, 1872
   Port: Buffalo Number: 98 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-20-1873
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January 20, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 111 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-14-1878
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May 14, 1878
   Port: Buffalo Number: 70 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-15-1878
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May 15, 1878
   Port: Buffalo Number: 71 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed (Bark to Schooner)
Next document: Buffalo 3-25-1880
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March 25, 1880
   Port: Buffalo Number: 63 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-17-1881
View document online
March 17, 1881
   Port: Buffalo Number: 47 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Barge
Next document: Buffalo 3-19-1881
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March 19, 1881
   Port: Buffalo Number: 49 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-27-1882
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March 27, 1882
   Port: Port Huron Number: 107 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-24-1883
April 24, 1883
   Port: Port Huron Number: 86 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-6-1885
July 6, 1885
   Port: Port Huron Number: 2 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Schooner
Next document: Port Huron 2-25-1886
February 25, 1886
   Port: Port Huron Number: 45 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-16-1887
April 16, 1887
   Port: Port Huron Number: 122 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-28-1887
April 28, 1887
   Port: Port Huron Number: 138 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-30-1888
June 30, 1888
   Port: Port Huron Number: 234 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-23-1889
March 23, 1889
   Port: Port Huron Number: 93 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-25-1892
April 25, 1892
   Port: Port Huron Number: 150 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Next document: Detroit 10-29-1906
October 29, 1906

Next document: Toledo 12-31-1921

Next document: (Vessel abandoned and dismantled)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, Favorite (1863-11880);
b. Schooner, Favorite (1880-1881);
c. Barge, Favorite (1881-1885);
d. Schooner, Favorite (1885-1910);
e. Barge, Favorite (1910-1921)
Nationality:
American (1863-1910)
Chronology:
1. 6/00/1867, Chicago, collision and repaired, $200 loss;
2. 6/00/1867, Marquette, ashore on the rocks and released, $5, 000 loss;
3. 8/00/1867, Spectacle Reef, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $400 loss;
4. 5/00/1868, Lake Michigan, collision and repaired, $300 loss;
5. 6/00/1869, Bois Blanc, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore and released, $13, 300 loss, (iron ore);
6. 9/00/1869, Port Huron, St. Clair River, collision and repaired, $600 loss;
7. 10/00/1869, Sheboygan, collision, (Schooner, John Weeden), and repaired, $900 loss;
8. 11/00/1869, hull damaged in a gale on Lake Michigan and repaired;
9. 7/00/1870, Cleveland Harbor, Lake Erie, collision and repaired, $400 loss;
10. 9/00/1873, Ashtabula, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $2, 000 loss;
11. 10/00/1873, Lake Michigan, lost canvass in a storm and refitted, $600 loss;
12. 9/25/1885, Ashland, Bayfield, Lake Superior, sprang a leak, ashore and released;
Notes
General notes:
She was abandoned in 1922;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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