Elizabeth A. Nicholson (Schooner, 1872)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Huron, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Fitzgerald & Leighton
Ownership Notes:: Fitzgerald, J., (1872); Nicholson, Joseph, (1872-1877); Pridgeon, J., (1884); Owen, J. E., (1886); Gray, R. T., (1891);
Master(s):: Fitzgerald, M., (1872); Fitzgerald, E. L., (1873-1877); Look, E., (1884); Owen, J. E., (1886); Smith, William, (1891);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 23, 1872: Port: Port Huron Number: 32 of 1872
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-21-1873
April 21, 1873: Port: Detroit Number: 123 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 5-15-1877
May 15, 1877: Port: Detroit Number: 72 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-26-1879
April 26, 1879: Port: Port Huron Number: 6 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-31-1884
July 31, 1884: Port: Detroit Number: 6 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 3-25-1886
March 25, 1886: Port: Detroit Number: 30 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 2-11-1892
February 11, 1892: Port: Detroit Number: 39 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 12-14-1895; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Elizabeth Nicholson (1872-1895)
Nationality:: American (1872-1895)
Chronology:: 1. 5/30/1873, Erie, Lake Erie, struck a pier, sank and raised, $2, 500 loss;
2. 11/26/1895, 7 miles north of Evanston, Illinois, near Lakeside, Lake Michigan, ashore and became a total loss, (coal);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
2. Wright's Master Sheet;
3. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1880);
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
6. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan, Port Huron, Michigan;

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