SKIDMORE, R. J. (1856, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SKIDMORE, R. J.
Year of Build:
1856
Official Number:
21140
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Trenton, MI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Hiram Baker
Original Owner and Location:
L. M. & R. J. Skidmroe, St. Clair, MI
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
93' 10"
Beam:
21' 6"
Depth:
7' 9"
Tonnage (old style):
141 78/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
2 miles south of Gill's Pier near Leland, MI
Lake Michigan
Date:
20 Sep 1885
How:
leaking & ran ashore
Final Cargo:
light
History
Chronology:

1857, Sep 22 Ashore with coal, Point Pelee, Lake Erie; repaired.

1863, Nov Collided with schooner H. W. HOAG, Maumee Bay, Lake Erie.

1865 Readmeasured 112.09 gross tons.

1866 Owned Buffalo, NY.

1870 Homeport Chicago, IL.

1871 Owned J. Bowen, Buffalo.

1871, May 22 To be sold by U. S. Marshall, Chicago.

1872 Repaired; 107.53 gross tons.

1873, Sep Collided with schooner ARGO, Racine, WI.

1874, Jun Repaired.

1876 Owned Phillips & Brown, Chicago.

1879, Nov Ashore Manistee, MI, Lake Michigan.

1884 Owned William Smith, Chicago; "lumber scow".

1885 92.1 x 21.4 x 7.6; 102.16 net tons.

1885, Sep 20/21 Wrecked; owned H. J. Pauley, Chicago.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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