GEARING, C (1869, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GEARING, C
Year of Build:
1869
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milford, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
John Tait
Original Owner and Location:
Colin Gearing, Picton, Ontario
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
90' 4"
Beam:
20' 3"
Depth:
7' 9"
Tonnage (gross):
100
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Trenton, Ontario, Lake Ontario
Date:
10 Jul 1891
How:
Burned
Notes:
Burned at dock of Central Ontarion Railway dock, Trenton, Ontario. 1891 August 6 Registry closed.
History
Chronology:

1869 September 10 Registered Picton, Ontario

October 1 Owned Gering and Wicks, Marysburg, Ontario

1873 Owned Gearing & George Hobson

1875 December 15 Owned George Hobson & Donald Campbell, Wellington, Ontario.

1876 November 20 Owned George Hobson & Alexander Gunn

1879 April 23 Owned Alex Gunn & William C. Lobb

1883 September 8 Owned William Lobb & Donald campbell

1884 May 8 Readmeasured 88 x 17 x 7.3 87.3 tons

1890 March 21 Owned Donald Campbell & Francis Dewitt

1891 July 10 Burned Trenton, Ontario.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
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