FERRY, MAJOR H.N. (1867, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FERRY, MAJOR H.N.
Year of Build:
1867
Official Number:
16631
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ferrysburg, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
F. Pearson
Original Owner and Location:
Ferry & White, Ferrysburg, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
117'
Beam:
24.9'
Depth:
8.1'
Tonnage (gross):
171
Tonnage (net):
162
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Murray Canal, Bay of Quinte.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
28 May 1913
How:
Sunk & abandoned.
Notes:
Struck a pier & Sank at mouth of canal.
History
Chronology:

1867, Jun 3 Enrolled Grand Haven, MI.

1868 US16631, schooner, 152.58 gross tons; owned Grand Haven; may have been made a brigatine this year or converted from brigatine to schooner at Grand Haven, MI.

1880, Aug Sunk in collision with propeller DEAN RICHMOND at Chicago, IL.

1909 Owned J.F. Soward & James Oliver, Kingston, ONT; C126130, 117 x 24 x 8.2', 181.95 gross tons, 167.74 net tons.

1910 Owned J.F. Soward, Kingston.

1913, May 28 Sunk, Lake Ontario.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
John O. Greenwood
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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