ST. LOUIS (1877, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ST. LOUIS
Year of Build:
1877
Official Number:
75636
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, ONT
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Note: One compartment, hutches at 18' centers
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Louis Shickluna
Original Owner and Location:
Louis Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ontario
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
127.7'
Beam:
26.2'
Depth:
11.9'
Tonnage (gross):
360.6
Tonnage (net):
360.6
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Kingston, Ontario, Lake Ontario
Date:
15 Mar 1926
How:
Burned
Notes:
Burned at her dock 1937, Summer Removed to deep water, 9 mile Point graveyard, Lake Ontario
History
Chronology:

1877, June Launched, St.Catharines, Ontario

1877, August 4 Enrolled St.Catharines

1879 400 gross tons

1887 Towed by MYLES with GULNAIR in Duluth & Kingston grain trade

1889, June 5 Owned J.W. Hanna, Windsor, Ontario

1892 With WINOWA in lumber trade Duluth, Minnesota to Tonawanda, New

York

1896 Towed by steambarge SHICKLUNA

1897, September Hard aground with SHICKLUNA near Fish Point 4 miles

south Oscoda, Michigan, Lake Huron, bound Port Arthur

to Kingston with grain; SHICKLUNA released by tug

THOMPSON

1897, October 24 Released; towed to Port Huron for repairs

1911, April 26 Transferred to Kingston; abandoned in inner harbor

1926, March 15 Burned, Lake Ontario

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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USA
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