VIRGINIA (1837, Brigantine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
VIRGINIA
Year of Build:
1837
Construction and Ownership
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
160.34
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Long Point, Lake Erie
Date:
3 Nov 1855
How:
Stranded
Final Cargo:
Lumber
Notes:
Sprang leak & waterlogged
History
Chronology:

1837-51 Five enrollments, Presque Isle

1838, November Ashore near Madison Dock, Lake Erie;

repaired Erie, Pennsylvania

1839, November 5 Ashore Mackinaw, Michigan

1844, April Received low pressure engine of steamer ST.LEWIS

1845, June Ashore Fighting Island, Detroit River

1849 Presque Isle District

1850, November 25 Sold at Marshall's sale

1855, November 3 Owned H.C. Wright; wrecked, Lake Erie

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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