BERMUDA (1868, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BERMUDA
Year of Build:
1868
Official Number:
72701
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sophiasburg, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
John Tait
Original Owner and Location:
Jas. C. Hume, Whitby, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
96'
Beam:
22' 10"
Depth:
8' 2"
Tonnage (gross):
160
Tonnage (net):
115
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Granby, False Ducks Island.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
6 Nov 1880
How:
Grounded in storm.
Final Cargo:
9000 bushel barley.
Notes:
Grounded intentionally, leaking from storm damage.
History
Chronology:

1868, Jun 30 Owned Jas. C. Hume; registered Picton, ONT.

1871 Owned Wilson, Picton.

1872, Feb 12 Owned J.C. Hume & J.H.G. Hagerty.

1873, Mar 28 Sold to Clarkson & Hagerty, Toronto.

1875, Aug 19 Transferred to Whitby, owned J. Blow, et al.

1878 Owned Jas. D. Grey, Oshawa, registered Whitby.

1875 Owned Blow, Whitey.

1880, Nov 6 Ashore Port Granby; Capt. John Allen, part owner.

1881, Jun 10 Certificate lost with vessel, cancelled.

1881, Sep 9 Certificate found & returned to Ministry of Marine.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Canadian Sessional Papers
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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