Wisconsin Maritime Museum

May Flower (Scow Schooner, 1850)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
May Flower
Year of Build:
1850
Rebuilt:
1. 1857, S. J. Root, Black River, Ohio;
2. 1876, Lorain, Ohio;
Official Number:
16440
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Fairport, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Additional vessel types:
Scow
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Roswell Hayes
Ownership Notes:
Andrews, Andrew, (1852); Chis_oton, H. C., (1857); Hall, D., (1857); Addrich, W. H., (1857); Finley, R. M.., (1862); Fields, S. A., (1862); Ransom O. C.., (1862); Crane, J. T., (1864); Fifield, H., (1864); Jager, Peter, (1865); Peterson, A., (1866-1867); Patterson, A., (1866); Benson, C. (1867); Stone, L., ()1867); Crawford, C., (1867-1868); Detless, J., (1870); Landreth,H., (1871); Dudley, (1871); Landreth, G., (1872); McNeff, Patrick, (1874); McNeff, P., (1874); Stang, J., (1875); Jones, W., (1875-1876); Root, H. J., (1878); Sharbenaw, L., (1878); Geidel, J., (1879): Duby, C., (1879); Hill, W., (1880); Hamphrey, H. A., (1880); Kranz, D., (1881); Smith, L., (1881); Smith, W. V., (1882); Smart, A. W., (1886); Lockhart, C., (1886); Lockhart, James A., (1888-1892); Schoeneman, Willam, (1892);
Master(s):
Hall, D., (1857); Fields, R., (1857-1862); Finley, R. M., (1862); Fields, S. A., (1862); Dandron, A., (1864); Chane, J. T., (1864); Fified, W., (1864); Gonlait, E., (1866); Peterson, A., (1866-1867); Stone, L., (1867); Crawford, C., (1867-1868); Howls, C., (1870); Landreth, G., (1871-1872); McNeff, P., (1874); McNeff, P., (1874); Stang, J., (1875); Jones, W., (1876); Root, H. J., (1878); Culey, C., (1879); Dugy, C., (1879); Duby, J., (1879); Duby, C., (1879); Gobeleyon, P., (1880); Hamphrey, H. N., (1880): Smith, L., (1881); Vanbler, A. A., (1881); Smith, D., (1882); Smith, Lester, (1886); Lockhart, J. A., (1886-1892);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1850)
Hull Dimensions
1850
Length: 73' 5" Width/Beam: 15' 11" Depth: 3'
1857
Length: 63' 5" Width/Beam: 15' 10" Depth: 3'
1865
Length: 64.5' Width/Beam: 15.5' Depth: 3.7'
1876
Length: 71.4' Width/Beam: 15.9' Depth: 4.4'
Tonnage
1850
Gross: 26 + 88/95
1857
Gross: 33 + 10/95
1865
Gross: 28.20
1876
Gross: 37.88 Net: 25.08
Enrollments/Registration
May 17, 1852
   Port: Cleveland Number: 29 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 7-21-1857
July 21, 1857
   Port: Cleveland Number: 68 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Cleveland 8-4-1857
August 4, 1857
   Port: Cleveland Number: 75 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-3-1857
October 3, 1857
   Port: Cleveland Number: 109 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-5-1860
April 5, 1860
   Port: Cleveland Number: 15 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-25-1860
October 25, 1860
   Port: Cleveland Number: 73 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-19-1862
May 19, 1862
   Port: Cleveland Number: 52 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-8-1862
October 8, 1862
   Port: Cleveland Number: 94 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 11-12-1862
November 12, 1862
   Port: Cleveland Number: 100 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-23-1864
March 23, 1864
   Port: Cleveland Number: 2 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 8-2-1864
August 2, 1864
   Port: Cleveland Number: 20 of 1864
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-24-1864
August 24, 1864
   Port: Detroit Number: 190 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-2-1865
September 2, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 296 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 5-3-1866
May 3, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 90 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-28-1866
August 28, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 263 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-8-1866
October 8, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 302 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-25-1867
May 25, 1867
   Port: Cleveland Number: 77 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-27-1867
May 27, 1867
   Port: Cleveland Number: 78 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-1-1867
June 1, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 87 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 8-17-1867
August 17, 1867
   Port: Sandusky Number: 31 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 10-21-1868
October 21, 1868
   Port: Sandusky Number: 27 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-22-1870
April 22, 1870
   Port: Sandusky Number: 18 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Chicago 4-8-1871
April 8, 1871
   Port: Cleveland Number: 77 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-7-1872
October 7, 1872
   Port: Cleveland Number: 26 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Loss of Enrollment
Next document: Cleveland 7-2-1874
July 2, 1874
   Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-19-1874
October 19, 1874
   Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Cleveland 4-27-1875
April 27, 1875
   Port: Cleveland Number: 54 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-29-1875
April 29, 1875
   Port: Cleveland Number: 57 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-25-1876
May 25, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 112 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered
Next document: Cleveland 6-21-1878
June 21, 1878
   Port: Cleveland Number: 85 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed (Propeller)
Next document: Detroit 11-14-1878
November 14, 1878
   Port: Detroit Number: 38 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-15-1879
April 15, 1879
   Port: Detroit Number: 56 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-2-1879
October 2, 1879
   Port: Detroit Number: 35 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-18-1880
May 18, 1880
   Port: Detroit Number: 124 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-13-1880
August 13, 1880
   Port: Detroit Number: 19 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-2-1881 *
April 2, 1881
   Port: Sandusky Number: 11 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 6-18-1881
June 18, 1881
   Port: Sandusky Number: 2 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 6-22-1882
June 22, 1882
   Port: Sandusky Number: 37 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 6-29-1886
June 29, 1886
   Port: Sandusky Number: 35 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 8-16-1886
August 16, 1886
   Port: Sandusky Number: 6 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 2-16-1888
February 16, 1888
   Port: Sandusky Number: 11 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 6-23-1892
June 23, 1892
   Port: Sandusky Number: 57 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 7-7-1892
July 7, 1892
   Port: Sandusky Number: 2 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 7-7-1893

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked and Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Scow Schooner, May Flower (1850-1876);
b. Scow, May Flower (1876-1878);
c. Propeller, May Flower (1878-1893)
Nationality:
American (1850-1893)
Chronology:
1. 4/19/1851, Cleveland, ashore, (staves), released;
2. 5/21/1857, Cleveland, collision, (struck by a mud scow in tow of the Tug, T. G. Notter), sank and raised, $200 loss;
3. 8/29/1871, Cleveland, capsized outside the piers, (wood), towed into port;
4. 9/29/1874, 2 miles west of Lorain, ashore and released;
5. 8/00/.1875, off Kelley's Island, Lake Erie, sank and raised;
6. 11/28/1882, Johnson's Island, ashore and released;
7. 3/00/1882, Sandusky, sank and raised;
8. 5/13/1892, Sandusky, sank, (coal), raised;
9. 5/26/1893, Sandusky, sank and raised, $500 loss;
Notes
General notes:
*This enrollment says she was built at Springfield, Ohio in 1853; This error continues with the enrollments that follow this one;
(1871-Vessel Register)-$400 Value-C1; (1873-Vessel Register)-$500 Value-C1;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes
4. Vessel Register: 1871, 1873;
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
6. Chicago Daily Press: 5/00/1857;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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