Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Belle Brown (Schooner, 1873)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Belle Brown
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
2887
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, Illinois
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
William W. Bates
Ownership Notes:
Brown, W., (1872-1873); Mueller, William, (1874-1903); Feltus, L., (1877); Mueller, Jr., William, (1904); Esterbrook Skeele Lumber Company, (1911); Cheney, A. T., (1925);
Master(s):
Feltus, L. (1873-1878); McKevith, M., (1883); Worpel, H., (1896);
Hull Dimensions
1873
Length: 124.5' Width/Beam: 27.4' Depth: 9.3'
Tonnage
1873
Gross: 217.92 Net: 207.63
Enrollments/Registration
April 25, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 235 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 5-1-1873
May 1, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 243 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-3-1874
April 3, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 182 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-6-1875
April 6, 1875
   Port: Chicago Number: 82 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-30-1877
April 30, 1877
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 47 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-2-1878
May 2, 1878
   Port: Chicago Number: 92 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-14-1883
April 14, 1883
   Port: Chicago Number: 67 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Lost Papers
Next document: Chicago 4-24-1896
April 24, 1896
   Port: Chicago Number: 97 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Document Mutilated
Next document: Chicago 2-28-1901
February 28, 1901
   Port: Chicago
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Belle Brown (1873-1926)
Nationality:
American (1873-1926)
Chronology:

1. 4/21/1884, Milwaukee, ashore and released;

Notes
General notes:
She was abandoned at Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1926;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1873-1926);
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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