PENN, WILLIAM (1840, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PENN, WILLIAM
Also known as:
BRECK, MARION L.
Year of Build:
1840
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Garden Island, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
H. Rooney
Master Carpenter:
Calvin Cook & Company
Original Owner:
Delano D. Calvin, Cook & Dunn
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
87.6'
Beam:
17.8'
Depth:
8.8'
Tonnage (old style):
123
Capacity:
220 tons
History
Chronology:

1846 Rebuilt, Garden Island, Ontario

1850, April 22 Dismasted, Lake Ontario, cargo rail iron

1850, May 1 Ashore Canadian side Lake Erie

1851 Sunk white squall

1853, July 14 Capsized 20 miles off Cleveland with timber; crew of 7

picked up next day by steamer MISSISSIPPI; towed to

Cleveland by tug TOLEDO

1853 Rebuilt, Garden Island

1856, May Ashore below Point aux Pelee

1858 Brig

1860 216 tons

1863 Owned Calvin & Breck, Garden Island; rebuilt Garden Island;

remamed MARION L.BRECK, described as 180, 224 & 369 tons this year

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
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Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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