CASE, WILLIAM (1855, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CASE, WILLIAM
Year of Build:
1855
Official Number:
26643
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Roderick Calkins
Original Owner:
R.K. Winslow
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
137.7'
Beam:
26.2'
Depth:
10.8'
Tonnage (old style):
378
Final Disposition
Final Location:
2-5 miles NNE Colchester Shoal Lighthouse.
Lake Erie.
Final Depth:
25''
How:
Sprang leak in storm, foundered.
Final Cargo:
Coal
Notes:
Crew rescued.
History
Chronology:

1860 Owned H.J. Winslow, Cleveland, OH.

1861, Sep In collision with propeller SCIOTA, off Port Colbourne, ONT; towed to Buffalo, NY for repairs (Buffalo Daily Courier, Sep 19, 1861).

1864 Owned Winslow & Johnson, Cleveland.

1865, May 2 Owned A.M. Johnmson & William B. Vance, Bay City, MI; 278.23 gross tons.

1875, Nov 14 Aground Plum Island, Lake Michigan.

1876 Owned P. Pomeroy, Bay City: barge; unseaworthy.

1879, Feb Owned W.D. Morton; made into sand barge.

1880-81 Rebuilt Algonac, MI; 2 masts; 136.9 x 26.7 x 10.8; 266.85 gross / 253.51 net tons.

1882, Mar 21 Owned Miron Kenyon, China, MI and W.H. Mott, Algonac, MI.

1887, Feb 28 Owned C. H. Westcott & J.W. Westcott, Pt. Huron, MI.

1906, Jul 26 Foundered.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Loudon G. Wilson
Richard J. Wright, Bowling Green State University
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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