Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Helena
Also known as:
Amboy
Year of Build:
1874
Major repairs:
1877, 1893;
Rebuilt:
1. 1892, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. 1899;
Official Number:
95276
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Quayle & Murphy
Ownership Notes:
Hanna, M., (1874); Hanna, B., (1875); Cleveland Tansportation Company, (1876-1889); Chapin, G. W., (1883); Wrich, W. F., (1883); Bartlett, W. R., (1884); Orient Transit Line, (1889-1891); Saunders, A. C., (1889); Meyers, W. H., (1892-1893); Milwaukee Tug Company, (1893-1897); Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company, (1898-1905);
Master(s):
Robertson, D., (1874); Jones, B. K., (1875-1883); Armstrong, Thomas B., (1883-1884); Nicholson, J. W., (1889); Meyer, W. H., (1892); Lusk, J.,(1892); Williams, A. R., (1899);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1874)
Hull Dimensions
1874
Length: 205.4' Width/Beam: 34.2' Depth: 14.4'
1892
Length: 209.3' Width/Beam: 34.2' Depth: 14.4'
Tonnage
1874
Gross: 863.93 Net: 820.73
1892
Gross: 893.97 Net: 849.27
1899
Enrollments/Registration
May 8, 1874
   Port: Cleveland Number: 88 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 5-14-1875
May 14, 1875
   Port: Cleveland Number: 92 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Error in Enrollment
Next document: Cleveland 4-28-1881
April 28, 1881
   Port: Cleveland Number: 66 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Officers
Next document: Cleveland 4-28-1883
April 28, 1883
   Port: Cleveland Number: 51 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers changed
Next document: Cleveland 4-18-1884
April 18, 1884
   Port: Cleveland Number: 57 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers Changed
Next document: Cleveland 3-11-1889
March 11, 1889
   Port: Cleveland Number: 35 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-26-1892
March 26, 1892
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 89 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Milwaukee 6-9-1892
June 9, 1892
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 146 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Name changed
Next document: Niagara Falls 5-8-1894

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
April 19, 1899
   Port: Niagara Falls Number: 6 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Enrollment
Next document: Niagara Falls 12-5-1905

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Helena (1874-1892);
b. Schooner, Amboy (1892-1905)
Nationality:
American (1874-1905)
Chronology:
1. 7/25/1891, at Black Hole, Little Mud Lake, St. Mary's River, collision, (Propeller, Mariska), sank and raised;*
2. 10/14/1893, Buffalo, ashore and released, (oats);
3. 9/5/1898, German Park, Niagara River, stranded and released;
4. 11/28/1905, Thomasville, Minnesota, stranded while in tow of the Steamer, George Spencer;
Notes
General notes:
*She was raised from the St. Mary's River, by W. H. Meyer, of Milwaukee, during (1892-1893) season;
She was valued at $37,000, in 1876; $28,000, in 1884; $25,000, in 1893; $18,000, in 1898;
She got a new deck, combings, and floor cellings, in 1884; She had her bottom recalked in 1889 and 1896;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Niagara Falls, New York;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Niagara Falls, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Registers: (1873-1899);
5. Chicago Inter-Ocean: 12/7/1891;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1892-1906);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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