PROVOST, DAVID (1864, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PROVOST, DAVID
Year of Build:
1864
Official Number:
6384
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Huron, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Squires
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
89'
Beam:
22'
Depth:
6.7'
Tonnage (old style):
126
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Detour lighthouse, Michigan, Lake Huron
How:
Sunk
Final Cargo:
Brick
Notes:
Bound Chatham, Ontario to Sault Saint Marie, she foundered in a storm; raised twice unsuccessfully
History
Chronology:

1866 Owned Peterson & McMillen, Huron

1868 Owned Sandusky, Ohio; 99.48 gross tons, US6384

1871 Owned Peterson, et.al., Sandusky, Ohio

1875 Owned Dan Ryan, Port Huron

1881, April Rebuilt, Cleveland; owned H. Howard & Company, ran

Marquette, Michigan to Cleveland, Ohio in iron ore trade

1886, December 1 Mortgaged by Francis Waltrus, Grindstone City

1887, September 12 Sunk, Lake Huron

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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