Trader (Schooner, 1849)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Huron, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: L. S. Bedford
Ownership Notes:: Bedford, L. S., (1849); Beach, E. W., (1850); Davis, Thomas, (1851); Davis, Miles W., (1854); Hunt, Cornelius D., (1856); Rose, Henry, (1857); Woodruff, William P., (1857); Dunscornbe, Edward, (1856);
Master(s):: Bedford, L. S., (1849); Davis, Thomas, (1850-1851); Davis, Miles, W., (1854); Hunt, Cornelius D., (1856); Rose, Henry, (1858); Dunscornbe, Edward, (1858);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 11, 1849: Port: Detroit Number: 20 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 8-16-1850
August 16, 1850: Port: Detroit Number: 39 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-8-1851
October 8, 1851: Port: Detroit Number: 49 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-23-1854
May 23, 1854: Port: Detroit Number: 60 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers lost
Next document: Detroit 6-24-1856
June 24, 1856: Port: Detroit Number: 81 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1857
April 17, 1857: Port: Detroit Number: 34 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-30-1858
March 30, 1858: Port: Detroit Number: 16 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Trader (1849- )
Nationality:: American (1849- )
Chronology:: 1. 6/00/1869, Lake Michigan, collision, (Propeller, Benton), sank and raised, $8, 280 loss;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:

Contact

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