BARWICK, BESSIE (1866, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BARWICK, BESSIE
Year of Build:
1866
Official Number:
83146
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, ONT
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Louis Schickluna
Original Owner and Location:
J.D. Graham, et al, St. Catharines, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
138.9'
Beam:
26.2'
Depth:
10.8'
Tonnage (old style):
329
Tonnage (gross):
296.09
Tonnage (net):
273.63
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Michipicoten Island, Pilot Harbor.
Lake Superior.
Date:
28 Oct 1887
How:
Foundered in gale.
Final Cargo:
Wheat.
Notes:
All hands ashore; in tow of CELTIC; bound Port Arthur-Kingston.
History
Chronology:

1866, May 26 Registered St. Catharines.

1870, Jan 3 Repaired Abbey's dry dock, Port Robinson, ONT.

1873 Repaired.

1878 Owned John C. Graham, St. Catharines, ONT.

1880, Nov 8 Lost foremast, jib boom & bowsprit; broke main & mizzen masts off in storm; picked up Lake Erie by tug MCARTHUR; towed to Rondeau.

1887, Aug Towed by steamer MYLES in Duluth & Kingston grain trade.

1887, Oct 28 Sunk.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Sessional Papers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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