Robert Dunbar (Tug (Towboat), 1867)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Robert Dunbar
Year of Build:: 1867
Official Number:: 21143*

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Lewis S. Warford
Ownership Notes:: Dunbar, Thomas, (1867-1868); Ranson, A., (1880); Pandom, J. F., (1884); Mago, Philip, (1889); Roneker, F., (1890); Hylant, Thomas, (1892); Loud, H. N., (1893);
Master(s):: Dunbar, Thomas, (1867); Skilam, E., (1868); Causom, C., (1880): Random, C., (1884); Mago, Philip, (1889); Roneder, F., (1890); Hylant, Thomas, (1892); Dixon, A., (1893);

Power

Number of Masts:: 0 (1867)

Hull Dimensions

1867: Length: 42.7' Width/Beam: 11.5' Depth: 5'

Tonnage

1867: Gross: 11.60 Net: 5.80

Enrollments/Registration

May 18, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 112 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Toledo 6-1-1868
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June 1, 1868: Port: Toledo Number: 86 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
May 1, 1878: Port: Erie Number: 3 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-14-1880
May 14, 1880: Port: Buffalo Number: 73 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-15-1884
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July 15, 1884: Port: Buffalo Number: 4 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-22-1889
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March 22, 1889: Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-5-1890
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March 5, 1890: Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-12-1892
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March 12, 1892: Port: Buffalo Number: 45 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-21-1893
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April 21, 1893: Port: Buffalo Number: 59 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-14-1907
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), Robert Dunbar (1867-1907)
Nationality:: American (1867-1907)
Chronology:: 1. ashore with two scows at Ashtabula, Lake Erie, released, $800 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *She was given two official numbers;
She was abandoned in 1907;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Toledo, Ohio;
3. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
4. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Website:

https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:

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

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