Year of Build:

1879

Official Number:

105856

Built at:

Alpena, MI

Vessel Type:

Yacht

Note: Undecked steam yacht.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

James Worthy

Original Owner and Location:

W.S. Churchill, Alpena, MI

Number of Masts:

0

Propulsion:

Screw

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Length:

36'

Beam:

9'

Depth:

6.3'

Tonnage (gross):

8.7

Tonnage (net):

6.07

Final Location:

N. of Presque Isle, MI.
Lake Huron.

Date:

20 Nov 1880

How:

Foundered.

1880, Nov 20 Stranded & destroyed by waves & ice. Later broke her moorings, drifted away & foundered. Owned Thunder Bay Boom Co.(Churchill).

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Enrollments, U.S. National Archives

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley