BATTLE, MARY (1872, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BATTLE, MARY
Also known as:
DETROIT
Year of Build:
1872
Official Number:
85418
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Also described as bark.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Louis Shickluna
Original Owner and Location:
James Battle, St. Catharines, ONT
Ownership Notes:
1872, Jun 11 Registered St. Catharines, ONT.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
138.6'
Beam:
25.8'
Depth:
11.4'
Tonnage (gross):
336.52
Tonnage (net):
315.66
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Summer Island.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
4 Nov 1886
How:
Hit reef; sank in deep water.
Final Cargo:
Iron ore.
History
Chronology:

1872, Jun 11 Registered St. Catharines.

1876-84 Owned James Battle, St. Catharines, ONT., bark; 139.6' x 23.3' x 11; 373 net ton.

1884, Sep 4 Collision with steamer CITY OF FREMONT Duluth harbor; jib boom driven back, pushed some timber cargo out the stern.

1884, Fall Wrecked Eagle River, Lake Superior.

1885 Salvaged S.A. Murphy, Detroit; rebuilt; renamed DETROIT; enrolled Detroit, MI; US157157.

1886 Owned Detroit Tug & Wrecking Co., W.J. Murphy, President.

1886, Nov. 4 Struck reef; sank in deep water, Lake Michigan.

1887. Jan 10 Registry closed.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Canadian Sessional Papers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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