ARIADNE (1867, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ARIADNE
Year of Build:
1867
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Burwell, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Foster
Hull Dimensions
Length:
97'
Beam:
22'
Depth:
8'
Tonnage (gross):
140
Capacity:
10,000 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Oswego, NY, Mexico Bay.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
30 Nov 1886
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
10,000 bushels barley.
Notes:
Went ashore Big Sandy Creek near Mexico Bay, Lake Ontario. Captain & 3 crew lost. Went to pieces few miles east of Sandy Creek Life Saving Station.
History
Chronology:

1871 Robinson, Newcastle, ONT.

1873, Nov 4 Ashore New Castle, Lake Ontario.

1873 Robinson, New Castle.

1876 158 tons.

1878 97 x 26.6 x 8.2; 158 tons; F. Gibson.

1879 Owned Gibson et. al., Port Burwell, ONT.

1886, Dec Ashore Mexico Bay, Lake Ontario; wrecked.

1886, Dec 6 & 8 Bodies recovered from wreck.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
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Website:
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USA
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