Sinai (Schooner, 1863)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: J. M. Jones
Ownership Notes:: Jones,Angeline M., (1863); Caswell, R. K., (1864-1865); Ludington, James, (1864-1868); Mellenday, D. A., (1868); Caswell, R., (1870-1871);
Master(s):: Jones, L. A., (1863); Carwell, R., (1864-1865); Maber, D., (1870); Caswell, R., (1871);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 20, 1863: Port: Detroit Number: 120 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-9-1864
April 9, 1864: Port: Buffalo Number: 41 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-18-1864
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July 18, 1864: Port: Milwaukee Number: 2 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-11-1865
August 11, 1865: Port: Milwaukee Number: 106 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured); Next document: Milwaukee 5-7-1868
May 7, 1868: Port: Milwaukee Number: 133 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-13-1870
April 13, 1870: Port: Grand Haven Number: 31 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-22-1871
March 22, 1871: Port: Milwaukee Number: 52 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-31-1876; Next document: (Vessel wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Sinai (1863-1876)
Nationality:: American (1863-1876)
Chronology:: 1. 6/00/1869, Lake Michigan, collision, (Schooner, Frank Perew), repaired;
2. 10/00/1869, sprung her mainmast on Lake Michigan and repaired;
3. 11/00/1869, Lake Michigan, lost sails and headgear in a gale and refitted;
4. 5/00/1871, Ludington, Lake Michigan, lost her foremast and replaced, $175 loss;
5. 11/00/1873, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $300 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1864 she is noted as having a scow bottom and stern;
She was listed as being lost in 1875;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin ;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin ;
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. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
7 Register of the Shipping of the Lakes and River St. Lawrence, 1864, by Robert Thomas;

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