JENKINS, LOUISA (1827, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
JENKINS, LOUISA
Year of Build:
1827
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milan, Huron County, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
63'
Beam:
19' 2"
Depth:
7' 1"
Tonnage (old style):
73 57/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Dunkirk, NY.
Lake Erie.
Date:
11 Sep 1841
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
Flour, fish, bulk oats.
Notes:
Lost rudder in storm, became unmanagable coming into harbor, driving into piers & pounded to pieces; crew rescued by steamer CHAUTAUQUE.
History
Chronology:

1827 - 1830 Four enrollments, Portland.

1828, Oct 13 Aground Grand River, OH.

1832, Dec Four men lost near St. Joseph, MI.

1833 Ashore with damage under Point Abino.

1834, Jul 17 Owned Isaac S. Smith et al, Buffalo, NY.

1836, May 20 Owned Wing Russell, Isaac S. Smith & John B. Macy, Buffalo, NY.

1837, May 2 Owned Richard Taff, Buffalo.

1838, Apr 25 Owned Wing Russell, Noah P. Sprague & Samuel W. Hawes, Buffalo & Henry W. Jenkins, Huron, OH.

1840, Jun 22 Owned Chauncey Vail, Wing Russell & Henry W. Jenkins, Buffalo & Huron.

1841, Sep 11 Wrecked, Lake Erie; owned John Vail, Silver Creek.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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