BECKER, PHILIP (1876, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BECKER, PHILIP
Year of Build:
1876
Official Number:
74214
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J. LeRock
Original Owner:
Wm. McRae
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
51'
Beam:
13.3'
Depth:
6.4'
Tonnage (gross):
28
Tonnage (net):
19
Final Disposition
Final Location:
10 miles off Oswego, NY.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
17 Nov 1879
How:
Foundered in blizzard/gale.
Notes:
3 lives lost, crew transferred to barge GORDON which sank with all hands.
History
Chronology:

1877 Owned Wm McRae, Montreal, QUE.

1879 Owned Hickler Bros., Buffalo, NY.

1879, Nov 17 Foundered in blizzard/gale.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. Patrick Labadie
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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