EDITH (1851, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EDITH
Year of Build:
1851
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Bronte, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
William Ashman
Original Owner and Location:
T.C. Kerr, Hamilton, ONT.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
67'
Beam:
18.6'
Depth:
7.4'
Tonnage (old style):
80
History
Chronology:

1854, Mar 4 Owned M.W. Browne, Hamilton, ONT.

1854, Nov 6 Sank near Presque Isle, ONT; crew rescued by schooner CHARLOTTE.

1855, May 7 Owned Z. Palmeter, Hamilton, ONT.

1855, Nov Sunk, Niagara River with ballast stone.

1856, Jan Raised; sinking was intentional.

1860, Nov 24 Aground Stoney Point, Lake Ontario.

1863, Jul 18 Owned R.A. Norman & William Abercrombie, Picton, ONT.

1864, Jan 13 Owned W. Abercrombie & J.W. Langmuire, Picton.

1865, Apr 15 Owned S. Nelson & G.P. Cameron, Marysburg, ONT.

1865, Aug 7 Owned George P. Cameron.

1865, Nov Caught in a Lake Erie gale with little damage.

1870, Jul Wrecked in collision with propeller BRISTOL off Port Oshawa; sank in tow in 18 feet water near mouth Whitby harbor.

1876, May 16 Owned Horace Yeamans, Belleville, ONT; lost before 1882.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Canadian Registers
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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