SOVEREIGN (1838, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SOVEREIGN
Year of Build:
1838
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Niagara, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Niagara Harbour & Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:
D. C. Gunn, Hamilton, ONT
Hull Dimensions
Length:
82.7'
Beam:
21.1'
Depth:
8.2'
Tonnage (old style):
118
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Lake Ontario
Date:
1853
How:
Foundered in gale
Notes:
Lost with all hands
History
Chronology:

1841, Nov 20 Reported lost, Lake Ontario.

1847, Feb 4 Owned James Nimmo, Paris, ONT.

1848, Nov 16 Owned H. Hooker, Prescott, ONT & R. Henderson, Kingston, ONT.

1852, Nov Reportedly totally wrecked, loaded with posts at either Canadian side of Lake Huron or mouth of Welland Canal, Lake Erie.

1853, Sep Owned Messrs. Land & Routh; lost with all hands, Lake Ontario.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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