CYGNET (1878, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CYGNET
Year of Build:
1878
Official Number:
125793
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Note: Steam yacht?
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Van Slyke & Notter
Master Carpenter:
G. Notter
Original Owner:
C.L. Bryant
Hull Dimensions
Length:
42'
Beam:
15.5'
Depth:
4.6'
Tonnage (gross):
15.77
Tonnage (net):
10
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Cheboygan Harbor, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:
19 Oct 1905
How:
Wrecked in storm.
History
Chronology:

1878 Built by Van Slyke & Notter, Buffalo, NY.

1879, Aug 10 Collision with tug MARY E. PIERCE near Buffalo.

1882, Nov 19 Burned, Cheboygan Harbor, MI; owned Mattson & Co., Cheboygan, MI.

Date unknown (before 1899) Rebuilt as tug.

1899 Owned C. M. Robinson.

1905, Oct 19 Foundered, Cheboygan Harbor, MI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Great Lakes Register
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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