PAULINE (1856, Schooner)

Also known as:

JOHN MEE;SKEELE, EDWARD E.

Year of Build:

1856

Official Number:

76264

Built at:

Milwaukee, WI

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

George Barber

Original Owner and Location:

Saveland & Lawrence, Milwaukee, WI

Ownership Notes:

Philip Lawrence, Zacharias Saveland, Tonnes Saveland & Andre Olson.

Number of Masts:

3

Length:

122.9'

Beam:

26.9'

Depth:

9'

Tonnage (old style):

210

Final Location:

Julia Bay, Manitoulin Island.
Lake Huron.

Date:

25 Sep 1921

How:

Wrecked.

Notes:

Driven on reef; heavily pounded in storm; later slipped into deep water.

1856 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI; longest working life an any wooden vessel - 65 yrs.

1863 Owned Burcher & Brothers, Milwaukee.

1865 150 gross tons.

1866 Owned William Johnson, Chicago, IL.

1868 US19674; 149.74 gross tons.

1869 Rebuilt.

1871 Rebuilt Milwaukee.

1880, Oct 15 Stranded in "Alpena gale".

1881, Jun Released by tug CAROLINE WILLIAMS.

1881, Fall Rebuilt; 3 masts; increased length 20'; capacity 150,000' lumber; renamed JOHN MEE.

1881, Oct 22 Owned William W. Chapin, Manistee, MI.

1882, Jun 4 In tow of tug INGRAM, collided with schooner C.S. ROEDER Cleveland, OH.

1882, Oct Collided with schooner IDA KEITH Lake St. Clair.

1887 Owned John Thompson, Nels & Louis Olson, Sheboygan, WI.

1911 Owned Chicago Transportation Co.

1912 Renamed EDWARD E. STEELE.

1915 Owned A.M. Chesbrough, Thompson, MI.

1920 Owned Lawrence A. Buck & W.L. Kennedy, Escanaba, MI.

1921, Sep 25 Wrecked Lake Huron.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie