BARNES, BERTHA (1872, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BARNES, BERTHA
Also known as:
HOSSACK, W. D.
Year of Build:
1872
Official Number:
2935
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sheboygan, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Gregory & Thayer
Master Carpenter:
John Gregory
Original Owner:
Nathan Luddington et al
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
151.5'
Beam:
30'
Depth:
10.4'
Tonnage (gross):
330
Tonnage (net):
272
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Isle of Pines, Cuba.
Date:
4 Aug 1920
How:
Foundered.
Notes:
Bound from Charleston, SC-Cuba.
History
Chronology:

1874, Sep Ashore near Sheboygan, WI with lumber; released, no damage.

1876 Owned Luddington, Marinette, MI.

1878 Repaired.

1880 Owned N. Luddington Co.

1911, Jun 24 Rebuilt, renamed W. D. Hossack; owned Win Schlosser, Milwaukee, WI.

1916, Jun 1 Sold to Mobile & Birmingham SS Co.; rebuilt.

1920, Aug 4 Foundered at sea.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Lorne Joyce
Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
John O. Greenwood
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Donald V. Baut
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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