CANOPUS (1855, Brigantine)

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Identification

Vessel name:: CANOPUS
Year of Build:: 1855

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Huron, OH
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: F.D. Ketchum
Original Owner and Location:: O. Bugbee, Buffalo, NY

Power

Number of Masts:: 2

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage (old style):: 386

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Off Claybanks.
Lake Erie.
Date:: 24 Jun 1865
How:: Sunk in collision.
Final Cargo:: 16,500 bushels wheat
Notes:: Collided with bark REPUBLIC.

History

Chronology:

1855-62 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1857, Aug Collided with brig CHAMPLAIN, Chicago, IL, Lake Michigan.

1858, Oct Lost canvas in gale on Lake Huron.

1858, Oct Collided with propeller GLOBE in Buffalo harbor.

1859 Large repairs.

1860 Owned Russell Dart, Buffalo.

1861, Sep 3 Collision with schooner COLLINGWOOD near Bar Point, ONT, Lake Erie; bow badly damaged, headgear carried away; towed to Clark Dry Dock, Detroit.

1862 Enrolled Chicago, IL.

1863 Enrolled Buffalo.

1863, Nov 3 Aground St.Nicholas Island, Lake Michigan.

1863-65 Enrolled Chicago, owned Munn & Scott, Chicago; readmeasured 263 gross tons.

1865, Jun 24 Sunk.

1865, July 7 Owned John Minor.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database; Newspaper Clippings; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

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