LONDON (1852, Brigantine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
LONDON
Year of Build:
1852
Official Number:
72584
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Garden Island, ONT
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
D.D. Calvin
Original Owner and Location:
D.D. Calvin, Garden Island
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
132'
Beam:
22.4'
Depth:
10.7'
Tonnage (old style):
318
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Oswego, NY.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
2 Oct 1886
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Torn free of tug FERRIS & driven ashore in a gale.
History
Chronology:

1858 Owned John Frazer.

1858, Oct 20 Ashore Big Sodus, NY, Lake Ontario.

1859, Jul Ashore Bar Point, Lake Erie.

1864 Owned Calvin & Breck, Garden Island; 380 ton barkantine.

1870 Large repairs.

1871, Oct Broke rudder post, Lake Erie.

1876 Owned Calvin et al, Kingston, ONT.

1876 Repaired.

1878 Owned D.D. Calvin, Garden Island; 134' x 24.3' x 10.8'; 263 net ton brigantine.

1879 Owned Calvin & Breck, Kingston; 338 ton schooner.

1886, Oct 2 Wrecked, Lake Ontario; owned Kingston & Montreal Towing Co., Kingston, ONT as tow barge.

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