FLYING CLOUD (1851, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FLYING CLOUD
Year of Build:
1851
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milan, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
114' 6"
Beam:
23' 10"
Depth:
9' 9"
Tonnage (old style):
245
History
Chronology:

1851 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1853, Sep 20 Capsized Racine, WI, Lake Michigan, with lumber.

1854, Mar 20 Owned A.H. Barney, Cleveland.

1855, Mar 23 Owned J.A. & A.H. Barney, S. Corning, Cleveland.

1856, Apr 7 Owned Corning, Barney & P.S. Marsh.

1857, Nov 21 Owned Barney & Corning, Cleveland; ashore at Millers Point, Gary, IN, Lake Michigan; 7 men lost, captain & 2 others saved.

1857, Dec 2 Tug CUSHING went to strip wreck, found only anchors.

1860 Reported recovered & repaired, not substantiated.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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