BAVARIA (1878, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BAVARIA
Year of Build:
1878
Official Number:
72595
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Garden Island, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Dexter Delano Calvin
Master Carpenter:
H. Rooney
Original Owner and Location:
Dexter Delano Calvin, Garden Island, ONT.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
145'
Beam:
26.1'
Depth:
12.5'
Tonnage (gross):
376
Tonnage (net):
361
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Cape Smith, Manitoulin Island, Georgian Bay.
Date:
25 Oct 1898
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Bound Byng Inlet-Walkerville, ONT; driven ashore in gale; crew saved.
History
Chronology:

1879 Owned Calvan & Breck, Kingston, ONT.

1881-90 Towed by Steamer D.D. CALVIN.

1889, May 28 In gale; broke from steamer CALVIN; ashore on Galloo Island, Lake Ontario; crew of 8 lost.

1891, Nov 24 Ashore near Goderich, ONT.

1892, May 17 Released; towed into Goderich, ONT harbor.

1898, Oct 25 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
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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