JESSIE (1855, Schooner)

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Identification

Vessel name:: JESSIE
Year of Build:: 1855

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: St. Catharines, ONT
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Louis Shickluna
Original Owner:: J. L. Ranney

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 122'
Beam:: 25'
Depth:: 10.5'
Tonnage (old style):: 312

Final Disposition

Final Location:: North shore Salmon Point.
Lake Ontario.
Date:: 31 Oct 1870
How:: Wrecked.
Final Cargo:: Wheat.
Notes:: Bound Toronto, ONT - Kingston, ONT, drove ashore & wrecked; loss of all 9 hands.

History

Chronology:

1855, Oct 24 Wrecked off Milwaukee, WI, Lake Michigan.

1857, Oct Collision with & sinking of propeller OLIVER CROMWELL in straits of Mackinaw; also damaged in collision with schooner INTERNATIONAL; both towed by tug SPRAGUE at the flats, Nov 1859.

1860 Owned P. Larkins, St. Catharines, ONT.

1862 Large repairs.

1864, Oct 6 Damaged in Lake Huron gale.

1865 280 gross tons.

1866 Owned Batt & Sheppard, Port Stanley, ONT; repaired.

1868, Jul Aground Port Colborne, Lake Erie.

1870, Oct Wrecked north side Salmon Point, Lake Ontario.

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