SKYLARK (1854, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SKYLARK
Also known as:
WATCHFUL
Year of Build:
1854
Official Number:
80078
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
French Creek, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
John Oades
Original Owner and Location:
Richard B. Chapman & Charles Eggleston, Morristown, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
103'
Beam:
19'
Depth:
8' 3"
Tonnage (old style):
146 56/95
Final Disposition
Date:
24 Dec 1881
How:
documents surendered; sunk & abandoned
History
Chronology:

1856, Aug 26 Collided with schooner W. M. ARBUCKLE, Lake Erie.

1856, Dec Owned U. S. Lighthouse Service.

1857, Apr 29 Renamed WATCHFUL.

1866 Rebuilt.

1867, Oct 17 Owned Edward A. & Antoinette M. Howard, Buffalo, NY, & Robert Richardson, Oswego, NY; 98.5 x 19.3 x 8.2; 99.73 gross tons.

1869, May 1 Owned Jeremiah Harrison, Detroit, MI.

1869, Aug 26 Owned George Prentiss & James Wallace, Detroit.

1871, May 19 Owned Margaret Hoose, Detroit.

1872, Apr 6 Owned Gabriel W. Knight, Cleveland, OH.

1877, Aug 22 Owned Thomas F. Shaw, Cleveland.

1881, Dec 24 Documents surrendered.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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