EDDY, SELWYN (1893, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: EDDY, SELWYN
Also known as:: HALL, WELLHART
Year of Build:: 1893
Official Number:: 116555

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Wyandotte, MI
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: 1 stack.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 2
Hull Number:: 113
Builder Name:: Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Eddy - Shaw Co., Bay City, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 23", 35" 56" x 44" engine, 1150hp, 86rpm, by Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, MI, 1892. 14'2" x 11'6" scotch boilers, 160# steam, by Dry Dock Engine Works.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 343'
Beam:: 42.2'
Depth:: 21.6'
Tonnage (gross):: 2846
Tonnage (net):: 2164

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Baltimore, MD.
Atlantic Ocean.
Date:: 1945
How:: Scrapped.

History

Chronology:

1892, Dec Launched; cost $225,000.

1894, Jul 30 Set cargo records of 4,252 tons hard coal, 4,364 tons ore, 150,000 bushels wheat.

1895, May 2 Aground Hay Lake, St. Mary's River.

1896, Aug 5 Aground Buffalo, Lake Erie.

1897 Repaired, Cleveland, OH.

1899 Repaired, Detroit Dry Dock Co.

1905 Owned Lake Transit Co, Buffalo, NY.

1910, May 31 Wedged in bridge draw at Chicago with another boat.

1911 Owned Lake Transit Co, Buffalo, NY.

1913 Made a bulk freighter at American Shipyard, Buffalo, NY.

1915, Oct 4 Aground off Ashtabula, OH.

1916 Left the Lakes, went to Atlantic Coast; owned Castner, Curran & Bullet, Boston, MA, managed by Coastwise Steamship Co.

1927 Owned Heald - Hall Transportation Co, Boston; stranded on rocky reef at Vineyard Sound, Atlantic Ocean, bound Boston, MA - Norfolk, VA; renamed HALL.

1930 Owned Wellhart Steamship Co, Boston; renamed WELLHART.

1945 Scrapped, Boston, MA or Baltimore, MD.

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