JOHNSON, C.N. (1856, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
JOHNSON, C.N.
Year of Build:
1856
Official Number:
4547
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Bidwell & Banta Co.
Original Owner and Location:
E.K. Bruce, Buffalo, MI.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
138.5'
Beam:
26.2'
Depth:
10.6'
Tonnage (old style):
375
Capacity:
600 tons
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Bar Point. Lake Erie
Date:
18 Oct 1895
Final Depth:
30''
How:
Sunk.
Notes:
1896 Documents surrendered.
History
Chronology:

1856, May Launched.

1856 - 65 Seven enrollments Buffalo, NY.

1856, Aug Lost centerboard.

1856, Nov 22 Aground Belle Isle, Detroit River.

1860 Owned William A. Brown, Buffalo, NY.

1860, May 22 Collision with schooner REVOLVING LIGHT, St. Clair Flats.

1861, Oct Collision with schooner FLORA.

1863 368 tons.

1863, May Collision with schooner S.G. ANDREWS, St. Clair River.

1864 Readmeasured 288 gross / 274 net tons; owned Van Vleck & Cotton, Buffalo, NY.

1866 Owned R. Dunnigan, Toledo, OH.

1868 288.24 tons.

1870, Sep Ashore Long Point Cut.

1871 Owned Bemis, Buffalo.

1871, Sep 9 Aground Fighting Island, Detroit River.

1874, Jun Collision Chicago, Lake Michigan.

1876 Owned Miller Brothers, Chicago, IL.

1880 Lake Superior ore trade.

1881, Apr Owned T.W. Weeks.

1883 Toledo & Bay City lumber trade.

1885, May 8 Aground Tawas, Lake Huron.

1890 Towed by TEMPEST.

1895, Oct 18 Sunk Bar Point.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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