UPPER, M. G. (1874, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
UPPER, M. G.
Also known as:
BEN HUR
Year of Build:
1874
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Stromness, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
L. McCallum
Built on Bottom of:
OLD BARGE
Original Owner and Location:
Laughlin McCallum, Stromness, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
140'
Beam:
26'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (gross):
304
Final Disposition
Final Location:
St. Clair River
Date:
10 Nov 1890
How:
wrecked
Notes:
Wrecked in collision with barge SUPERIOR while attempting to salvage schooner M. E. TREMBLE 1891 Dynamited
History
Chronology:

1874, Jul Collision with schooner LOUISE, lock 26, St. Catharines, ONT; recovered.

1876 Home port Dunville, ONT

1886 130 x 24 x 15.5', 300 net tons

1888 Sunk, Toledo, OH, Lake Erie

1888, Aug 31 Owned Samuel Murphy, Detroit, MI; US3411

1889 Converted to wrecking schooner, renamed BEN HUR; 138 x 25.6 x 11.2', 314.53 gross/297.85 net tons

1890, Nov 10 Wrecked St. Clair River

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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