WILSON, MABEL (1886, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WILSON, MABEL
Year of Build:
1886
Official Number:
91872
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
F. Wheeler
Original Owner and Location:
William Forbes, Port Huron, Michigan
Power
Number of Masts:
4
Hull Dimensions
Length:
242.9'
Beam:
39.2'
Depth:
16.2'
Tonnage (gross):
1225
Tonnage (net):
1185
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near West breakwater Cleveland, Ohio. Lake Erie
Date:
26 May 1906
How:
Wrecked
Final Cargo:
Iron ore
Notes:
Broke loose of tow prop C.W.ELPHICKE in gale; wrecked & sank; crew rescued by tug T.C.LUTZ & lifesaving crew
History
Chronology:

1886, September 16 Launched; towed by KITTIE M. FORBES with schooner

M.E.TREMBLE

1886, September 17 Enrolled Port Huron

1886, November 16 Lost off Manitous while in tow of propeller

KITTY FORBES; disabled with broken rudder; recovered

1888 Ran in Ashland ore trade with FORBES

1889 Towed by CHENANGO

1890 Towed by TOM ADAMS

1890, May Towed by tug GLADIATOR in Escanaba ore trade

1893, April Ashore South Park Island with wheat;

owned P.J. Ralph & Company, Detroit

1895 Towed by P.J.RALPH

1898 Towed by SYLVANUS J. MACY

1906, May 28 Sank, Lake Erie

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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