BELLE (1857, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BELLE
Year of Build:
1857
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oakville, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Standing bowsprit, square stern.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
John Simpson
Original Owner:
J.B. Malcomson
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
89.6'
Beam:
20'
Depth:
7.5'
Tonnage (old style):
150
Tonnage (gross):
104
Tonnage (net):
101
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Kingston, Ontario.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
1902
How:
Dismasted.
Notes:
Laid in boneyard near flour mill, Kingston, ONT. Broken up for firewood, 1902.
History
Chronology:

1859, Jan Registered Hamilton, ONT; owned J.B. Malcomson.

1862, May 5 Owned George Farwell, Oshawa, ONT.

1864, Apr 15 Owned W. Sutherland & J. Noland, Belleville, ONT.

1867, Apr 9 Owned D. Covert, Belleville, ONT.

1871, Aug 26 Owned Cook & Hudgins.

1872, Jan 23 Owned J.W. Fegan, Marysburg, ONT.

1873, Apr 26 Owned J.W. Fegan & W. Farrington, Marysburg, ONT.

1879, May 5-1884 Owned Samuel Farrington, Marysville, ONT.

1880, Feb 7 Registered owned S. and W. Farrington, Marysville, ONT.

1884 123 tons.

1885 Beached, Indian Point, Belleville; salvaged Donnelly Wrecking Co.; abandoned in boneyard, Kingston.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Canadian Sessional Papers
Loudon G. Wilson
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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