DAVY, B.F. (1855, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DAVY, B.F.
Year of Build:
1855
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Bath, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Haselton
Original Owner and Location:
B.F. Davy & W.H. Davie, Bath, ONT.
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
432
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Colborne, ONT.
Lake Erie
Date:
Nov 1867
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Corn.
Notes:
Bound Chicago - Kingston, went ashore on a reef & wrecked.
History
Chronology:

1861, Aug 15 Ashore Beaver Harbor, Lake Michigan; repaired Milwaukee, WI.

1862, Sep 24 Collided with & damaged by brig RIO GRANDE, St. Clair River.

1865 Repaired.

1866, Aug Rigging damage in Lake Huron gale.

1866, Sep Broke rudder & damaged hull, Chicago, Lake Michigan.

1866, Dec Ashore Point Frederick, Kingston, Lake Ontario.

1866 Owned Davy & Peterson, Bath, ONT; 357 tons.

1867 Rebuilt.

1867, Nov Owned Swift & Co.; wrecked Lake Erie near Port Colborne, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
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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