BALTIC (1867, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BALTIC
Year of Build:
1867
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wellington Square, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Some sources describe as scow schooner.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
W.W. Waterbury
Original Owner:
Wm. Hall & John Waldie
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
106.4'
Beam:
21.7'
Depth:
9.9'
Tonnage (gross):
170
Tonnage (net):
164
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Oswego Harbor, NY.
Lake, Ontario.
Date:
24 Nov 1894
How:
Stranded, ashore.
Final Cargo:
Barley, 12,600 bu.
Notes:
Crew saved by lifesaving crew with breeches bouy. Register closed Nov 9, 1896.
History
Chronology:

1868, May 30 Owned Western Assurance Company & C.G. Fortier, Toronto, ONT.

1868, Oct 9 Owned Arch Taylor, et al, Toronto, ONT.

1869, Jun 26 Owned John O'Neil, Port Colborne, ONT.

1871, Mar 14 Owned Quinn Brothers, Toronto, ONT.

1872, Apr Owned T. Smith & E.A. Smith, Toronto, ONT.

1874 "large repairs".

1879 "Repairs" owned Thompson Smith, Hamilton, ONT.

1883, May 1 Owned Wm. Hall, Toronto, ONT.

1886, Oct 30 J.T. Beard, St. Catharine's, ONT.

1894, Nov 24 Wrecked entering Oswego, NY.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
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Website:
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