EMERALD (1872, Bark)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EMERALD
Year of Build:
1872
Official Number:
85447
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Colborne, ONT
Vessel Type:
Bark
Note: Square topsails forward.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George Hardison
Original Owner and Location:
George Hardison, St. Catharines, ONT.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
139'
Beam:
25.6'
Depth:
11.6'
Tonnage (gross):
343.66
Tonnage (net):
322.39
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Port Hope.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
29 Nov 1911
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
Coal
Notes:
Bound Charlotte, NY - Cobourg, foundered in storm; all hands lost.
History
Chronology:

1872, Jun 29 Launched.

1872, Jul 6 Enrolled St. Catharines, ONT.

1876 314 gross tons.

1878 139 x 24 x 12.3', 394 net tons.

1879 400 tons.

1882, Sep 19 Owned Parick Larkin, St. Catharines & John Calahan, Toronto, ONT.

1887 Towed by NIAGARA in Duluth & Kingston grain trade.

1890 Towed by CLINTON with barge LISGAR.

1903, Nov 23 Foundered under Scarborough Bluffs, east of Toronto, ONT; all 8 hands lost; bound Charlotte - Toronto.

1911, Nov 29 Foundered, Lake Ontario; owned Francis McMaster.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Beesons Marine Directory
John O. Greenwood
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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