WILLIAMS, MINNIE (1862, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WILLIAMS, MINNIE
Year of Build:
1862
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wallaceburg, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Cornelius Delancy
Original Owner and Location:
Thomas Baxter & John Williams, Wellington Square & Oakville, Ontario
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
135'
Beam:
26.2'
Depth:
12.1'
Tonnage (old style):
359.89
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Between Pentwater & Ludington, Michigan, Lake Michigan
Date:
27 Oct 1875
How:
Foundered
Final Cargo:
Coal
Notes:
Bound Cleveland for Chicago, Illinois, she foundered in gale; all hands lost
History
Chronology:

1865 Owned Oakville, Ontario; 289 gross tons; enrolled Buffalo,

New York

1868 288.8 gross tons, US16426; owned at Chicago, Illinois

1871 Owned Taylor & Thomas, Chicago

1875, October 27 Wrecked, Lake Michigan

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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