FISHER, ELIZA (1867, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FISHER, ELIZA
Year of Build:
1867
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Portsmouth, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
James Fisher & John Clunage
Original Owner and Location:
James Fisher, Robert Downey, John Grange, Fisher of Portsmouth, ONT; Downey & Grange of Napanee, ONT.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
94.2'
Beam:
24.4'
Depth:
7.3'
Tonnage (old style):
183
Final Disposition
Date:
1905
How:
Out of registry.
History
Chronology:

1867, Jul 8 Launched.

1867, Jul 19 Registered Kingston, ONT.

1871, Dec Frozen in mouth of Napanee River.

1872, May Freed by tug HIRAM A. CALVIN.

1872, Apr 15 Sold to Alfred Eccles, Wolfe Island, ONT.

1872, Apr 16 Owned James Eccles.

1873, May Cargo lumber burned at Oswego, Lake Ontario.

1873, Sep 2 Owned John Drecory, Oswego, NY.

1874, Jul 7 Dismasted 8 miles from Cobourg, ONT, Lake Ontario.

1875, Mar 31 Owned Daniel Rooney, Hugh Gordon & George Plunkett Cobourg, ONT.

1876 Owned McDougall, Kingston, ONT.

Pre1890 Registry transferred to Newcastle, ONT; home Port Hope, ONT.

1893, Dec 7 Went ashore Wellers Bay, ONT.

1900 Owned Rathbun & Company, Deseronto, ONT; lumber merchants.

1905 Struck off list.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. Patrick Labadie
Donald V. Baut
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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USA
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