ALBACORE (1872, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALBACORE
Year of Build:
1872
Official Number:
74380
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Pt. Dalhousie, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Muir Brothers
Master Carpenter:
Alexander Muir
Original Owner and Location:
Bryce Muir, Granthon Twp, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
136.5'
Beam:
26.3'
Depth:
11.4'
Tonnage (old style):
400
Final Disposition
Final Location:
1/6 miles E. of harbor, Oswego, NY. Lake Ontario
Date:
12 Sep 1900
How:
Drifted ashore and broke up.
Final Cargo:
none
Notes:
A storm blew out her sails & drove her into the seawall at Ft. Bank where she broke up.
History
Chronology:

Later dimensions 134.6 x 23.9 x 12', 361 gross tons. Sister to ALBATROSS.

1879 Owned Muir Brothers, Pt. Dalhousie at St. Catherines.

1893, Feb 2 Transferred to Bowmanville, ONT; dimensions reported 136.5 x 26.3 x 11.4', 327.66 gross tons.

1900 Struck by gale near Fair Haven, driven ashore.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. Patrick Labadie
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Inland Lloyds’ Marine Directory
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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