CASE, GEORGE M. (1874, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CASE, GEORGE M.
Year of Build:
1874
Official Number:
85386
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Saugatuck, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
John B. Martel
Master Carpenter:
William Brown ?
Original Owner and Location:
P.F. Conger & George M. Case, Fulton, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
137'
Beam:
26'
Depth:
12'
Tonnage (gross):
361.31
Capacity:
24,500 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
8 miles SW of Pt. Colborne, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:
14 Oct 1886
Final Depth:
42''
How:
Floundered during gale.
Final Cargo:
Corn.
Notes:
Bound Chicago to Buffalo. 1887 Stripped & blasted to flatten wreck.
History
Chronology:

1875, Mar 19 Enrolled Oswego, NY.

1881, May Aground Colchester Reef, Lake Erie; repaired at Detroit, MI.

1882 Owned Oswego, NY; 344.49 gross / 327.27 net tons.

1882, Nov 25 Damaged on Lake Erie.

1883, Nov Owned N.S. Whipple, Detroit.

1884 Owned William McDonald, Chicago, IL; 361 tons.

1886, Oct 14, Foundered.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Marine Directory, R. L. Polk Co., Detroit
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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