SIBERIA (1882, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SIBERIA
Year of Build:
1882
Official Number:
115848
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Note: diagonal steel straps on frame; steel boiler house
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Hull Number:
6
Builder Name:
James Davidson
Master Carpenter:
A. C. Rosa
Original Owner and Location:
James Davidson, Buffalo, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
28 + 50 x 42", 720hp @ 80rpm engine, King Iron Works, Buffalo, NY, 1882 8' 6" x 16', 100# steam, firebox boilers, M. Riter & Co., Buffalo, 1882
Hull Dimensions
Length:
272'
Beam:
39'
Depth:
18'
Tonnage (gross):
1,618.26
Tonnage (net):
1,222.48
Capacity:
2,100 tons or 80,000 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Bluff Bar, Long Point, ONT
Lake Erie
Date:
20 Oct 1905
How:
Grounded on bar to save her, but broke up in the weeks's storm
Final Cargo:
barley
Notes:
bound Milwaukee, WI-Buffalo, NY; crew rescued by steamer J. H. WADE 1905, Oct 28 documents surrendered
History
Chronology:

1882, Jun Launched.

1883, Summer Grounded Duluth Bay, Lake Superior.

1885 Towed POLYNESIA.

1886, Feb 24 Owned Robert R. Rhodes, Cleveland, OH, et al.

1886-87 Towed PLYMOUTH & NELSON BLOOM.

1888-89 Towed JOSEPH PAIGE.

1890, May 19 Collided with, sank steambarge OHIO, Mud Lake, St. Mary's River; SIBERIA sank, released next week, drydocked, Cleveland.

1890, Sep 13 Grounded St. Joe Island, St. Mary's River.

1896, Apr 2 Owned John W. Moore, Mentor, OH, et al.

1901, May 9 Owned J. c. Gilchrist et al, Cleveland.

1902, Apr 25 Owned Island Star Transit Co., Mentor.

1903, Apr 13 Owned Gilchrist Transportation Co., Mentor.

1903, May 25 Rigging & tonnage changed; 2 masts; 272 x 39 x 22.5; 1,892 gross/1,461 net tons.

1903, Dec Sunk by ice, Lake St. Clair.

1905, Oct 20 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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