VANDERBILT, WILLIAM H. (1867, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
VANDERBILT, WILLIAM H.
Year of Build:
1867
Official Number:
26842
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
East Saginaw, MI
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Hoyt Shipyard
Master Carpenter:
Samuel J. Tripp
Original Owner and Location:
Weaver & Moss, Buffalo, New York
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
169'
Beam:
34.5'
Depth:
12.6'
Tonnage (gross):
520.65
Capacity:
650 tons
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Long Point, Lake Erie
Date:
25 Sep 1883
Final Depth:
30''
How:
Foundered in gale
Final Cargo:
Iron ore
Notes:
Bound Escanaba, Michigan for Buffalo, New York 1887, Summer Cargo removed
History
Chronology:

1867, April 20 Launched as TIMBER TRADER or TIMBER DEALER; renamed

WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT by June; for grain trade

1871 Owned Morse & McDougall, Saginaw, Michigan

1871, September Stranded with grain near Chicago, Illinois; rebuilt

1876 Owned Peter Wex, Buffalo

1878 Owned S.L. Watson, Buffalo; converted to three mast schooner for

Lake Superior ore trade

1878, April 11 Dismasted, Cheboygan, Michigan, Lake Huron

1883, September 25 Foundered

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

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USA
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