WEEDEN, JOHN (1857, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WEEDEN, JOHN
Year of Build:
1857
Official Number:
12792
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Huron, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J. F. Squires
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
296
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Fairbanks' Point, 2 miles east of Pultneyville, NY
Lake Ontario
Date:
27 Oct 1869
How:
wrecked by collision in blizzard
Final Cargo:
corn
Notes:
bound Chicago, IL-Ogdensburg, NY, collided with schooner DRION off Devil's Nose, then blew ashore & wrecked; crew rescued by ORION
History
Chronology:

1858, May 15 Collided with schooner KATE L. BRUCE, Turtle Island, Lake Erie

1858, Oct Lost anchors, damaged mainsail in gale, Point Pelee, Lake Erie

1860 Owned Lane & Hand, Sandusky, OH

1860, Jul 18 Grounded with iron ore, Elk Island, St. Clair River

1863 Large repairs

1865 Readmeasured 214.43 gross tons

1865, Jul Stuck by lightning, lost mainsail, Lake Superior

1866 Owned A. Cheesbrough, Toledo, OH; partially rebuilt-new deck, bulwarks, stanchions

1867, Apr Ashore West Sister Island, Lake Erie

1868 Owned Detroit, MI

1869, Oct 15 Collided with bark FAVORITE off Sheboygan, WI, Lake Michigan; repaired

1869, Oct 27 Wrecked by collision

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
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