BANNER, EMMA (1889, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BANNER, EMMA
Year of Build:
1889
Official Number:
136065
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Onekama, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Gustafson
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
81'
Beam:
23'
Depth:
7'
Tonnage (gross):
92
Tonnage (net):
88
Final Disposition
Final Location:
15 miles SE, Point Sauble.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
19 Aug 1897
How:
Capsized & abandoned.
Notes:
Crew drifted 22 hours to point off Milwaukee, where picked up. Wreck eventually towed into Manistee Harbor, where abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1897, Aug 19 Capsized Lake Michigan; owned Christ Pederson, Milwaukee, WI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Newspaper Clippings
Lorne Joyce
F. C. St. Clair, Great Lakes Historical Society
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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