CARNEY, RICHARD J. (1873, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CARNEY, RICHARD J.
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
56496
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Gibson & Craig
Original Owner and Location:
Gibson & Craig, Buffalo, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
150'
Beam:
30.6'
Depth:
10.6'
Tonnage (gross):
397
Tonnage (net):
372
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Shelldrake, MI.
Lake Superior.
Date:
28 Sep 1895
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Stranded & pounded to pieces near Shelldrake dock, where she had been loading lumber in a storm. Her tow steamer NELLIE TORRENT also driven ashore.
History
Chronology:

pre1887 Owned James Davidson, Bay City, MI.

1887, Apr Owned John Maxwell, Washburn, WI; carry lumber to Chicago, IL in tow of ONEIDA.

1889, Apr 1 Enrolled Port Huron, MI; owned W.V. Penoyan.

1889, May 31 Foundered, Lake St. Clair.

1892, Apr 13 Enrolled Port Huron; owned H.P. Mayar.

1895, Sep 28 Wrecked.

1895, Dec 30 Enrollment surrendered Port Huron, MI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Lorne Joyce
Loudon G. Wilson
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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