ANTELOPE (1854, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ANTELOPE
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Robinson, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Standing bowspirit, square stern; rigged as schooner carvel built.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J & J Abbey
Original Owner and Location:
E. Browne, Hamilton, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
106.5'
Beam:
19.7'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (old style):
220
History
Chronology:

1854 Canadian registry No. 41.

1857, Jul Sunk near lock at Port Colbourne, ONT; repaired.

1858, Jun Stranded below Ogdensburg, NY with cargo of staves.

1860 Owned E. Brown, Hamilton, ONT.

1860, Sep 18 Sank near Port Stanley, ONT.

1860, Nov Driven ashore during gale, Oakville, ONT.

1863 Owned John & James Abbey; repairs this year.

1863, Apr 17 Owned T.H. & W.W. Howe, Kingston.

1865 Same owners 220 tons.

1863, Apr 10 Owned W.T. Greenwood, Cobourg.

1867, Mar 2 Owned William Boyd, Cobourg & R.J. Hinch.

1868, Jan 28 Owned Henry Coverts, Hamilton, ONT.

1870, Mar 7 Owned T. Battle, Cobourg, ONT.

1871 Owned Cobourg, 180 gross tons.

1874, Jul Owned David Wood, N. Hudgins & Alan Rose, South Marysburgh.

1874, Jul 10 Owned J.D. Colher, Marysburgh.

1874 Owned Hudgins & Rose.

1877 Owned Duncan McLean, Pt. Elgin.

1878, Apr 6 Owned Malcolm McKinnon.

1879, Jul 2 Owned Joseph Grass, Sarnia.

1880 Sold to foreigers (Americans).

1908, Nov 3 Register closed.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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