FASHION (1846, Brigantine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FASHION
Year of Build:
1846
Official Number:
9189
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Johnson & Tisdale
Original Owner and Location:
William F. Allen, Jr & Sheldon Pease, Cleveland, OH.
Ownership Notes:
C.R. Burckle, Oswego, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
123' 6"
Beam:
24' 5.25"
Depth:
10' 1"
Tonnage (old style):
282 42/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Saugatuck, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
9 Oct 1877
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Ashore & wrecked.
History
Chronology:

1846, Apr 14 Enrolled Cleveland, OH; cost $1,000.

1848 Ran Cleveland - Buffalo with staves.

1850, May 15 Owned Sheldon Pease et al, Cleveland, OH.

1851, Oct 14 Aground Lake Michigan with iron; released.

1852, Oct 1 Dismasted Lake Michigan; repaired.

1853, May 25 Collision with steamer PACIFIC in Detroit River, MI.

1853, Jul 28 Carried locomotive & railroad iron to Chicago, IL.

1854, Jun Damaged grain cargo.

1856, Oct Grounded Middle Ground off Port Huron, MI, St. Clair River.

1856, Nov Sprung leak at anchor in Chicago gale.

1860 Owned Holt & Co., Chicago.

1863 Owned J. Spaulding, Chicago.

1865 Rebuilt, possibly by DeGroate, 214 gross tons.

1866, Aug Owned J. McCafferty, Chicago; damaged in collision on Lake Michigan bound Green Bay, WI - Milwaukee, WI; repaired.

1869, May Lost mainboom & sails in Lake Michigan gale near Chicago.

1869, Jun Damaged schooner CORNELIA in collision, Chicago.

1871, Jun Lost jibboom & outfit in Lake Michigan gale.

1874, Oct Sprung leak, Lake Michigan.

1876 Owned Mrs. Shaw, Chicago; 205.27 gross tons.

1877, Oct 9 Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
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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