SIRIUS (1853, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SIRIUS
Year of Build:
1853
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milan, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
266
Capacity:
12,000 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
below Father Point
St. Lawrence River
Date:
20 Oct 1862
How:
stranded & wrecked
Final Cargo:
1,725 barrels crude oil, staves & lumber
History
Chronology:

1853, Spring Launched.

1853, Oct 20 Sank with railroad iron, Cuyahoga River; owned H. M. Ames, Oswego, NY.

1854-60 Enrolled Oswego.

1859, Sep 19 Ashore with wheat, Racine, WI, Lake Michgian; one lost.

1860 Owned T. Y. Avery, Oswego.

1862, Aug Owned Duncan & Clark, Toronto; overhauled for ocean voyage; chartered to take crude oil, Port Sarnia, ONT to Liverpool, England.

1862, Oct 20 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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