FORTUNE (1876, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FORTUNE
Year of Build:
1876
Official Number:
71156
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Franks, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Thomas Zealand
Original Owner:
Thomas Zealand
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
110'
Beam:
26'
Depth:
9.2'
Tonnage (gross):
201.13
Final Disposition
Final Location:
3 miles west of red light, Long Point.
Lake Erie.
Date:
23 Oct 1884
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Elm bolts.
Notes:
Broken in 3 pieces. 1884, Dec 9 Registry closed.
History
Chronology:

1877, Apr 17 Owned E. Zealand, Hamilton, ONT.

1883 Rebuilt as screw steambarge, 110' x 26' x 9', 282.86 gross tons, 20" x 20" high pressure engine, 50hp, built by T.T. Vaughn, Whitehall, NY, 1864; 1 1/2 decks, 1 mast; owned Elizabeth Jane Peters, Windsor, ONT; C77699; engine from tug SENECAL, L.A.

1884, Mar 10 Wrecked, Lake Erie.

1884, Dec 9 Registry closed.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
F. E. Hamilton
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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