ENTERPRISE (1855, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ENTERPRISE
Year of Build:
1855
Official Number:
7303
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo / Wilson Creek, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Francis N. Jones
Master Carpenter:
D. O'Connor
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
121' 9"
Beam:
25' 10"
Depth:
10' 3"
Tonnage (old style):
296 14/95
History
Chronology:

1855 - 56 Two enrollments Buffalo, NY.

1857, Nov Grounded on reef near Mackinaw; released by SALVOR; sunk Mackinaw; raised & towed to Saginaw, MI; repaired.

1858, Apr 1 Lake Navigation Co. sold to H. N. Strong, Detroit; wrecked at Clarks Dry Dock, Detroit, MI.

1859, Jun Aground Grand Haven, Lake Michigan.

1861, Jul Collision wtih schooner W.H. CRAIG near Bar Point, Lake Erie.

1862, Feb 5 Owned H. & L. Simoneau, Detroit, MI.

1863, Nov 20 Aground Cataraqui Bay, Lake Ontario with salt; repaired.

1865 207 gross tons.

1866 Owned Wilcox & Draper, Toledo, OH.

1868 Owned Milwaukee, WI; 207.14 gross tons.

1869, Oct Aground Ship Island, Lake Michigan with lumber.

1869, Nov Aground Lake Michigan.

1871 Not listed; assume laid up.

1873 Owned J. Powers, Racine, WI.

1874 Owned George Hicks, Marysburg, ONT; registered Montreal, QUE, 89 x 19.4 x 7.3', 93 net tons, C33543.

1874, Jun Capsized Lake Michigan off Racine, WI.

1876, Apr Chartered for lumber Muskegon, MI - Quebec, QUE.

1876, Aug Chartered to go Glasgow - Cronstadt, Russia with coal; originated from Muskegon, MI; owned John O'Neil.

1876, Sep Dismasted enroute to Russia; returned to Cork, Ireland for repairs.

1877, Jun Running Belfast Ireland - Androssan, Scotland carrying coal; also owned at Belfast; now full rigged bark.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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