SELKIRK (1862, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SELKIRK
Year of Build:
1862
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wallaceburg, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Cornelius Delany or Delong
Original Owner and Location:
Caleb B. Gilbert, Windsor, Ontario
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
132'
Beam:
25.33'
Depth:
12.5'
Tonnage (old style):
340
History
Chronology:

1862, Summer Owned E.G. Merrick, Detroit, Michigan; US22293

1863 Owned Fowler & Esseltyn, Clayton, New York; 442 tons

1864 Tonnage change, 384 tons

1865 Readmeasured 311.79 gross tons

1871 Owned Winslow, Clayton

1874, November Lost boat & damaged in Lake Erie storm

1876 Owned Johnson, Buffalo, New York

1878 Large repairs

1879 Owned D. Smith, Cleveland, Ohio

1881, March New deck & hatches

1882 296.2 net tons

1882, December 1 Ashore Kelly's Island, Lake Erie

1887, February Sold by L.P. & J.A. Smith, Cleveland, to Chilson

Brothers, Lorain, Ohio

1887, October Ashore North Port, Alpena, Michigan, Lake Huron

1905, June Sold by Captain Bullock to Graves & Stevens, Cleveland

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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