CARRINGTON, E.M. (1866, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CARRINGTON, E.M.
Year of Build:
1866
Official Number:
8104
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Huron, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Archibald Steward
Original Owner and Location:
Benjamin Dove, Port Huron, MI
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
88'
Beam:
22.4'
Depth:
8.4'
Tonnage (gross):
121.15
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Oconomowoc, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
17 Nov 1880
How:
Foundered in gale.
Final Cargo:
Lumber.
Notes:
5 crewmen lost with ship.
History
Chronology:

1866, May 14 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1866, Oct 23 Owned Benjamin Dove, Port Huron, MI.

1867, Oct 26 Owned Albert Dixon, Port Huron.

1870, Mar 28 Owned John Buzzard, Port Huron.

1873, Nov 17 Beached at AuSable, ashore in gale.

1874 Repaired.

1876 Owned Post, Vermillion, OH.

1878 Repaired.

1879 Owned J.J. Bennett, Vermillion.

1880, Oct 16 Wrecked in "Alpena Gale" at Muskegon; recovered.

1880, Nov 17 Bound Muskegon to Milwaukee with lumber, foundered in gale.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Loudon G. Wilson
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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