BESSEMER, SIR HENRY (1896, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BESSEMER, SIR HENRY
Also known as:
BARTELME, MICHAEL J.;WOLVERINE
Year of Build:
1896
Official Number:
116723
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Note: 1 deck with hold-beams; double-bottom ballast tanks; 3 watertight bulkheads.
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Globe Iron Works
Original Owner and Location:
Bessemer Steamship Co., Duluth, MN
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
4
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
25,41, & 66 x 42", 2,000 hp @ 84 rpm, engine built Globe Iron Works. 11'2" x 11'3", 175 # steam scotch boilers, aslo from Globe Iron Works.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
412'
Beam:
48'
Depth:
28'
Tonnage (gross):
4,344
Tonnage (net):
3,293
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Lake Michigan.
How:
Scrapped.
History
Chronology:

1896, May Launched Cleveland.

1896, Jun 30 Temporary enrollment Cleveland.

1896, Sep 8 Permanent enrollment Duluth.

1898, Jul Towed barges NASMYTH & WHITWORTH.

1905, Jun Collided with SYLVANIA off Whitefish Point, Lake Superior; sustained 80' hole in side.

1906 New boilers, 2 induced draft scotch boilers, 14'6" x 11'6", 180# steam, Detroit Shipbuilding Co.

1921 Reconstructed, 1 deck, arch construction, 4 compartments, hatches 24' centers, 3,850 gross tons / 2,705 net tons.

1930 Owned Paisley SS Co., operated Valley Camp SS Co.

1931 Owned Lakewood SS Co., operated Valley Camp SS Co.

Pre 1935 Acquired Columbia Trans. Co.

1943 Renamed WOLVERINE.

1954 Owned Merrit, Chapman & Scott; made into barge.

1956 Broke in half while being used to store sand during Mackinac Bridge construction, sunk St. Ignace.

1956 Sold to Roen SS Co. and raised same year.

1965 Traded to U.S. Maritime Commission; idle Sturgeon Bay, WI.

1972-73 Scrapped.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Donald V. Baut
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Great Lakes Register
John O. Greenwood
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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