WELLS, DAVID A. (1869, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WELLS, DAVID A.
Year of Build:
1869
Official Number:
6635
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Huron, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Muir & Stuart
Original Owner and Location:
F.L. or T.L. Parker, Chicago, Illinois
Ownership Notes:
Named for commissioner of Internal Revenue
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
134.4'
Beam:
26.2'
Depth:
12.6'
Tonnage (gross):
310
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Chicago, Illinois harbor, Lake Michigan
Date:
16 Oct 1880
Final Depth:
54''
How:
Sank in storm
Final Cargo:
Iron ore
History
Chronology:

1869, June 12 Launched

1869, June 15 Owned H. Luce, Chicago, Illinois

1870, October 17 Ashore in storm near Silver Creek, Lake Erie, rescue

attempts failed, wintered there; owned Parker;

abandoned to underwriters

1876 Owned J. Tierkauff, Chicago

1876, October Sprang leak, towed to Clark's Dry dock for repairs, Lake

Erie; cargo coal

1880, October 16 Sank in storm near Chicago harbor

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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