BANNER (1847, Brig)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BANNER
Year of Build:
1847
Official Number:
2155
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Conneaut, OH
Vessel Type:
Brig
Note: Also described as brigatine; 92 ft. mast.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Lent
Original Owner and Location:
Lake & Carpenter, Conneaut, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
431 38/95
Capacity:
470 tons
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Fish Point, Oscoda, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:
11 Nov 1888
How:
Wrecked in gale.
Final Cargo:
Lath & shingles
Notes:
Wrecked near Fish Point; Captain, wife & 5 crewmen saved.
History
Chronology:

1847 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1847, Apr 17 Launched Conneaut, OH; largest sailing craft on lakes.

1847, Jun 10 Arrived Buffalo with 15,794 bushels wheat from Chicago & 627 bushels flour from Detroit.

1851 Enrolled Chicago, IL.

1851, Jul 25 Largest cargo brought to Buffalo by sail vessel.

1851, Sep 28 Dismasted off Presque Isle, MI, Lake Huron; towed to Detroit for repairs.

1852-57 Four enrollments Buffalo, NY.

1852, Apr 21 Sold to Fox & Bruce, Buffalo, NY.

1853, Aug 27 Damage in collision with brig ISABELLA, Port Colburne, ONT.

1854, Jun 2 Aground 3 days on flats, St. Clair River.

1854, Aug 2 Rescued schooner MARQUETTE ashore Skiligalee Reef.

1855, Oct 10 Sunk near shore Point Abino; refloated.

1859 Large repairs.

1860 Owner J.F. Stafford & Co., Chicago, IL.

1860, Apr Aground in river below Chicago.

1865 Rebuilt.

1866 Owned at Chicago, IL.

1867 Enrolled Detroit; readmeasured 288.84 gross tons.

1868, Fall Ashore Pt. aux Barques, MI.

1869, Jun 14 Repaired Bay City, MI.

1870 Changed to two-masted schooner barge, Detroit.

1871 Owned Crawford & Hanna, Detroit.

1876 Owned Berwick & Crawford, Detroit; towed by steamer ALPENA.

1882 Buffalo Customs District.

1884 M. Connelly et al, Buffalo; repaired 1882.

1885 Buffalo Customs District; 140 x 28 x 10.4'; 288.84 gross/274.4 net tons.

1888, Detroit District.

1888, Nov 11 Succumbed to gale & wrecked near Fish Point.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Beers, History of the Great Lakes, J. B. Mansfield
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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