ADVANCE (1853, Schooner)

Year of Build:

1853

Official Number:

365

Built at:

Milwaukee, WI

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

J.M. Jones

Original Owner and Location:

Meadowcraft, Milwaukee, WI

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

117.3'

Beam:

25.7'

Depth:

8.9'

Tonnage (old style):

268 40/95

Final Location:

Ootsburg, WI
Lake Michigan

Date:

5 Sep 1885

How:

Capsized

Final Cargo:

Bark.

Notes:

Bound Ahnapee, WI for Chicago, IL. Waterlogged & capsized in gale; 6 lost.

1853, Mar 27 First launched.

1854, Nov 23 Collided with & sunk schooner GRAND TURK near Presque Isle, MI, Lake Huron.

1855, Dec 9 Aground head of Lake Michigan; got off.

1860 Owned David Dall, Racine, WI.

1861 Major repairs.

1863 Same owner, Chicago, IL.

1865 179.92 gross tons.

1865, Jul Collided with schooner J. W. NICHOLS, Detroit River; repaired at Campbell & Owen's Shipyard, Buffalo, NY.

1882 171.43 net tons.

1885, Sep 5 Waterlogged & capsized in gale off Ootsburg, WI, Lake Michigan.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley