FISH HAWK (1847, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FISH HAWK
Year of Build:
1847
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sheboygan, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
T. Cunningham
Original Owner and Location:
T. Cunningham, Sheboygan, WI.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
50'
Beam:
14'
Depth:
6'
Tonnage (old style):
36
Final Disposition
Final Location:
North of Sheboygan, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
Nov 1865
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Leather, flour.
Notes:
Stranded in storm & went to pieces.
History
Chronology:

1853 Enrolled Chicago, IL.

1860 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI.

1862 Enrolled Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee.

1863 Enrolled Chicago, owner Bonnal.

1865 Tonnage lowered to 29.

1865, Nov Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Inland Lloyds’ Marine Directory
C. Patrick Labadie
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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