PROTECTOR (1875, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PROTECTOR
Also known as:
REID, JAMES
Year of Build:
1875
Official Number:
150050
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wilmington, DE
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Note: Fireboat; also noted as iron
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
22.75 + 40 x 28", 375hp at 95rpm
Hull Dimensions
Length:
117.6'
Beam:
23'
Depth:
5'
Tonnage (gross):
158
Tonnage (net):
79
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Two miles SE Bryng Inlet, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron
Date:
3 Aug 1917
How:
Stranded & sunk
Notes:
1970s wreck located
History
Chronology:

1893 Came to Great Lakes from New Orleans for wrecking & log rafting;

1 firebox boiler 9 x 16' at 12 pounds steam by J. Sterns

Manufacturing Company, Erie, Pennsylvania (1889)

1896 Rebuilt 117.6 x 23 x 9.7', 276 gross/143 net tons

1899 Owned E. Hall, Detroit

1904, June 4 Owned James Reid Wrecking & Towing, Sarnia, Ontario,

C116398, renamed JAMES REID, 181 tons

1917, August 3 Wrecked, Lake Huron, Michigan

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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