ROSCIUS (1848, Brigantine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ROSCIUS
Year of Build:
1848
Official Number:
21182
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
G.W.& B.B. Jones
Original Owner and Location:
G.W. & B.B. Jones, Cleveland
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
136' 6"
Beam:
25'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (old style):
318 28/95
Final Disposition
Date:
1901
How:
Out of registry.
History
Chronology:

1848, Apr 1 Launched; enrolled Cleveland; ran Cleveland to Chicago, IL with grain.

1849 308.28 tons.

1853 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1853, Sep 15 Repaired at Chicago by Jordan & Olcott having lost topmast near Milwaukee, WI.

1857 Enrolled Chicago.

1858 Ashore with wheat, East Sister Reef, Lake Erie; released by RELIEF.

1860 Owned Ira Burch, Chicago.

1863 Large repairs; 318 tons.

1864 Owned Martin Blackburn, Chicago; 228 gross tons.

1868 227.88 gross tons.

1871 Owned E. Flynn, Chicago.

1876 Owned Pridgeon & Grummond.

1878 Repaired.

1879 Barge; owned R. Brown, Buffalo, NY.

1881, Apr 14 Owned William Mitchell, Bay City, MI; 128.9 x 25.2 x 11.5'; 227 gross tons; towed by MAYFLOWER in Saginaw, MI & Cleveland lumber trade.

1887, Apr 7 Owned William E. Pierce, Bay City; 1 mast sloop.

1888, Apr 7 2 mast schooner.

1888, Jul 5 Owned G.W. King.

1890 Towed by TEMPEST.

1891, Jan 30 Owned F.W. King.

1897 Owned John Strong, Cleveland.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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