HORNET (1860, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
HORNET
Year of Build:
1860
Official Number:
11284
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Two Rivers, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: No gallery, no figurehead; has a cabin.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
60'
Beam:
10'
Depth:
6' 2"
Tonnage (old style):
62 23/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Good Harbor Bay, near Petoskey, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
Nov 1870
How:
Stranded.
Notes:
Driven ashore, broken up by storm; mid-Nov., stripped by tug CAROLINE WILLIAMS.
History
Chronology:

1861 First enrolled Mackinac, MI.

1861, Jul 5 Owned Gustaff Eggers.

1863, Apr 8 Owned Anderson & Kelley, Racine, WI.

1864, Apr 4 Owned Stephen Kelley, Racine.

1866 59.7 x 16.4 x 6.2'; 40.26 gross tons.

1866, Mar 19 Owned Henry C. Collins, Benton Harbor, MI.

1866, Jul Collision with bark GOLDEN WEST, Chicago, IL.

1867, Feb 18 Owned Philis W. Symonds, Holland, MI.

1867, Apr Damaged in collision, Lake Michigan.

1869, Apr 14 Owned Nommenson & Hubert, Sheboygan, WI.

1870, Nov Stranded Good Harbor, MI, Lake Michigan; last owned Barrett & Co., Sheboygan.

1879, Mar 31 Documents surrendered.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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